I love my wife!

[thewayne]

I have, for pretty much as long as Harry Potter appeared in print, wanted a copy of the British version: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. I've always thought that the Sorcerer's Stone was an incredible wimp-out for American audiences.

This morning I got it!

Russ ordered season 2 of Stargate: Atlantis (edit: From Amazon.UK) and got me a copy of HPatPS!

I'm a happy man.

(I know it's not going to be significantly different than HPatSS, but it's the thought that counts.)

Comments

[thedragonweaver.livejournal.com]

I know that Ron's Mum knits Harry a jumper— that latter term is one that I approve of being changed for American audiences, because that would just put the wrong mental image in people's heads.

I remember when I heard about "Sorcerer's Stone" that I was annoyed because I *knew* the properties of the Philosopher's Stone and thought that Rowling was trying to slip one past the uneducated public. Then I found out that it was the publishers trying to slip one past the uneducated Americans, and got annoyed in a different direction.