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Originally Posted by issybird
That's one of my pet peeves; updating children's books in the first place and then being inconsistent on top of it! Not that I want Paddington to be taking selfies, but why not let the books alone? Kids aren't stupid and they can always ask if they're puzzled, a very good habit to inculcate.
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Well, it depends. The actual prices of things and the way they're expressed have nothing to do with the story itself, so having a completely unfamiliar to children (guessing*) one shilling pocket money replaced by a pound pocket money is OK by me.