Re: British Editions Question for US readers

Thom Madura [Thom-Madura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] said:
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British author, British setting - should be in British English.


While I will not argue with you - the decision was made by the British
Author to have an American English version - not the American readers.

SHe obviously wanted to ensure the success of the books - ie -
MONEY$$$$$ more than she wanted to maintain the ABSOLUTE Britishness of
the books.


I think it was more likely to have been a publisher decision, not an
author one, in the first instance.

OK, now JKR could probably dictate, but a precedent has been set.

Shame the publisher failed to realise at that time that the book would
sell without them having to "fiddle" with them. They do at least
acknowledge that the title change of the first book was a mistake.

Noting that the American English versions of each book are the largest
sellers of each - it would be hard to quarrel with her.

Are you really saying that you believe that not changing "skip" to
"dumpster" in the USA version would have meant that Americans would have
left the books on the shelves while it achieved world wide success
outside of the USA? :-)
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