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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:25am on 2005-04-06

"Call him Voldemort, Harry. Always use the proper names for things. Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself." -- Albus Dumbledore, in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (published in the US as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) by J. K. Rowling

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posted by [identity profile] kara-h.livejournal.com at 02:21pm on 2005-04-06
I thought it a wonderful commentary on americans that they needed to
change the title of the book/movie. :)
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posted by [identity profile] redaxe.livejournal.com at 03:12pm on 2005-04-06
Not Americans. American business, or perhaps even just the publishers. Many, many of us woulr have preferred to leave it alone (and deliberately sought out the British edition when possible).
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posted by [identity profile] kara-h.livejournal.com at 03:21pm on 2005-04-06
Good for you! I found it an insult for some publisher to think nobody
over here knew what a philopher's stone was, while at the same time
using the term for UK readers.
'proper name' indeed ...
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