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Old 01-10-2022, 02:36 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by ZodWallop View Post
Keep in mind, these are kid's books.
And an American kid wouldn’t be able to figure out that “mum” is Britspeak for “mom”?

And why are British kids assumed to be able to cope with a reference to a philospher’s stone while Yank kids can’t? Worse, when a philospher’s stone is a thing and a sorceror’s stone is not. So the British kid who looks up “philospher’s stone” gets a definition, while the American kid who looks up “sorceror’s stone” gets squat.

Again, just how dumb do they think we are?
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