it's called a joke azyne. Apparently they don't teach sarcasm in Canada or should I say America Jr. And don't talk crap on Scotland because compared to Canada...Scotland does in fact rule. And they changed the name for marketing reasons....and those reasons are dumb to only you...not the people in the U.S. who are making millions of dollars off these books. Don't come into this forum and stir up a hornets nest because your likely to get stung.
way to put it linkalicious..... to the guy that started this thread, by saying 'no ofense to the americans' and 'why do they have to be so special' and things like that, you're just asking for trouble. it's a minor thing.... though i agree its a marketing reason, i'm thinkin that maybe the fact that here, at least for me, when i hear the word philosopher i think of like socrates or some ancient greek guy not magic or anything. anyways its not that big of a deal either way so don't go insulting people for something u said urself u don't understand
Originally posted by america_boxers
Its called the philosophers in the UK...? hmmm news to me. Any way im from america and i think i could still understand it if it had the word philosopher in it. Did'nt it come out first in the UK maybe people did not like the way it sound there so when it came out here they changed the name to sorcerer's. But i dont know personaly i like the way sorcerer's stone sounds (no offence or anything) philosopher's stone sounds muggle to me like something from anciant greece.
its true wat siriusblackRIP said, the philosophers stone really does exist and it gives j.k.rowlings books a scence of real atmosphere. and i prefer philosophers stone, i dunno if i was american id probably like sorcerers stone. but since no one has said one exists i think dat makes the title more 'muggle' ,
not causing any offence.btw.
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I like the fact that there is supposed to be a Philosopher's Stone and wish that they would just keep the books the same for all us stupid Americans. I mean, if you look at a list of differences between British and US editions there are the most pointless little one word changes. I really wish they would just leave them alone.
Differences between versions: http://www.hp-lexicon.org/help.html#british
Originally posted by weegie
can sum 1 answer me
is there a harry potter film in america, if there is, do they say sorceror or philosophers stone in it?
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the Harry Potter film was written and produced by Americans, they just did the right thing by using U.K. actors and actesses because that's how the book was written. It's called the sorcerer's stone just like the American version of the book... My question is... what was the name of the movie that was played in the U.K. Was it Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone? or was it Sorcerer's Stone? I didn't think Warner Bros. would produce it under 2 different names....
As my friend and I say, it's ok if you get two of the same present because then you have one for each side of your room! 😉
I just can't get over how pointless it is to change the title of a book in one country from what the author made it. It just doesn't make any sense, and I like things to make sense. I dunno...
Scotland isn't a part of enlgand. Do u mean great britain? This is about the whole "snog" thing. Snog is french kissing i thougth every1 knew that is it some english thing? I dunno i think americans say "making out"
And the person who said it couldn;t be french kissing cuz kreacher snogged sum socks. Well thats was what SIRIUS said. I have often said that so and so kisses so and so's ass but i dont really mean it literaly. And yea warners brp's did the right thing but j.k rowling would let them do the film unless they used an all english cast . The book is set in britain so should use british phrases like a book set in france would use french phrases but to then translate it into enlgish would really tupid
Scholastic's editors took too many liberties with JK's books. They changed too many things. In every other translation, it is Philosopher's Stone, and it shouldn't have been changed in America. And, whoever it was who said 'americans are making more money' on page two, why is that something to be PROUD of?? Half the world's starving, and your proud of the fact that america can waste more money on idiotic luxuries?
where do you get off making a comment like that? Do you honestly think the name change had any significant effect on the number of books sold in the United States? And don't you dare go spouting off about american luxuries because they are the exact same luxuries that you enjoy. (the internet, a car, a home, food, an education.) America does more for that 1/2 of the world that is starving than any other country in the world. In fact i'm willing to wager that the U.S. does more than any 2 European countries combined...Don't go assuming that because 5,000 people in the US are millionaires, that the other 300 million are that much better off. and please research before you enter political and economic debates.