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Crystal asked:
I have been reading Harry Potter books in the United States ever since they came out (being that I live there.) My aunt came for a visit from UK. She brought me the seventh Harry Potter Book. I want to know if there is a difference between the UK and the USA. I want to read the USA version, but since she has already bought one from UK, where I think it was published, I will read the UK one. But is there a differnce in the actual text of the book (like they both have the exact same text?) Is there a difference between the hardcover and paper back copies of the books between both the Uk and USA versions?
Sphere: Related ContentI have been reading Harry Potter books in the United States ever since they came out (being that I live there.) My aunt came for a visit from UK. She brought me the seventh Harry Potter Book. I want to know if there is a difference between the UK and the USA. I want to read the USA version, but since she has already bought one from UK, where I think it was published, I will read the UK one. But is there a differnce in the actual text of the book (like they both have the exact same text?) Is there a difference between the hardcover and paper back copies of the books between both the Uk and USA versions?
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December 9th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
They may use English instead of Americanese.
December 13th, 2008 at 1:44 am
as far as i know the only difference is that the first book in the uk is “harry potter and the philosophers stone”
December 13th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
The only difference is the spelling (American English and UK English are different). Also the front covers look diffent. Each country has their own unique Harry Potter cover. I was in Toronto, Canada last week visiting relatives and we went into a Barnes & Noble and the books had different cover designs.
December 17th, 2008 at 12:49 am
The differences are very small, and don’t effect the main plot or story of the book. The book covers are also different.
December 18th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
I know there is…
Some of the lingo is different and does anyone else agree with me that the UK cover art is always ugly compared to the US cover art?
December 20th, 2008 at 2:11 am
Yes sometime the text is reworded and some words or paragraphs are left out or some are put in that isn’t in the USA version
December 23rd, 2008 at 8:55 am
The only difference is the bookcover
December 24th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
The fruity UK dilect
December 28th, 2008 at 1:56 am
Its going to be in the words more so cause they have different words that mean different things. Kind of like Bloody Hell means something in there words when we really say the words here if you get my drift on that one. But the story line is the same its just the UK kids are used to saying different words then us is all. I would love to have a UK book more so to see how the words are used. The book was a great book and I am reading it again cause I liked it so much.
December 29th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
from what i’ve learned the main ideas are the same… however some of the wording and the spellings and stuff are different. like the word ‘color’, in the UK, people spell it like ‘colour’ so i think other that the wordings and the minor stuff they’re not much of a difference.
although i have heard that it’s different…but i think it would be unfair if the mention one thing in one version but not the other…so i dont think they do that…
paperback and hardcover arent much different… the only difference is the cover (one is soft and the other is hard)…hard cover uses sleeves. the printing in hardcover is bigger and the paper is better…but soft cover is easier to carry around because theyre smaller and lighter. i dont know about the uk versions..but i mean the paperback uk version will be the same as the hardcover except for the differences i mentioned (i’m sure it applies to uk version too and not just us). usa paperback and hardcover….well, i mentioned it…so, yea…
i recommend to read both versions.
December 31st, 2008 at 12:15 pm
Well the US version comes with a different cover, larger font [and more pages because of the larger font and chapter pictures]. Also I would assume spelling is different [example being Colour for UK and Color for US] but other than that there wouldn’t be much differences. They are gone over by different editors but the same content is in each books, there just might be a differently worded sentence here or there but the same things happen.
January 1st, 2009 at 11:34 am
There are frequent differences - mainly to avoid confusion as it appears your US publishers seem to think you’ll have difficulty understanding our phraseology… I give you a bit more credit personally. Afterall, I’ve spent my 21 years on this planet as an average English bloke and I watch US films, TV and read your books. I understand that “parking Lot” means car park. I’m sure it could work the other way around. By the way - it isn’t “UK English” or “American English”, it’s just English. No offense but you speak American, we’re English, it’s our language. We live in England
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