Harry Potter and the Atlantic Ocean - Democratic Underground

Lionel Mandrake

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Tue Aug-21-07 03:10 PM
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Harry Potter and the Atlantic Ocean

Those of us who live on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean are separated by a common language - Churchill said something like that. Words that are innocuous on one side of the pond can cause embarrassment (or guffaws) on the other side. Here is an example from "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", chapter twelve.

In the British version, George says, "Fred and I managed to keep our peckers up somehow".

The American version reads: "Fred and I managed to keep our spirits up somehow".

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CaliforniaPeggy

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Tue Aug-21-07 03:16 PM
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1. My dear Lionel Mandrake!

Yikes!

Suddenly, I am glad that there's an American version...

How can one language get to be so damn different?

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Lionel Mandrake

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Tue Aug-21-07 03:34 PM
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2. My dear CaliforniaPeggy

I dunno. Maybe it has something to do with geography.

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XemaSab

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Tue Aug-21-07 03:44 PM
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3. Hepzibah Smith's house has several large and flourishing

pot plants. :hide:

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Lionel Mandrake

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Tue Aug-21-07 07:32 PM
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7. I'm not familiar with Hepzibah Smith

Is she in HP & The Order of the Phoenix? Maybe I haven't read far enough yet.

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XemaSab

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Tue Aug-21-07 08:58 PM
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8. Half-blood Prince

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Lionel Mandrake

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Tue Aug-21-07 10:04 PM
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9. I'll read the British version.

I wouldn't want to miss those potted plants.

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Reciprocity

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Tue Aug-21-07 04:07 PM
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4. Can you give me the page number that's on?

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Lionel Mandrake

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Tue Aug-21-07 04:23 PM
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5. It's near the top of page 205

in the British version (Bloomsbury, 2003) and pp 226-7 of the American version (Scholastic, 2003).

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Reciprocity

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Tue Aug-21-07 05:17 PM
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6. I have both versions for all of HP books and somehow I missed that. Duh!

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Lionel Mandrake

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Wed Aug-22-07 12:29 AM
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10. Don't feel bad.

There's a lot of stuff going on in these books. You are bound to miss something once in a while.

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