Re: So it is true...

In article <1133865115.692853.131830@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> "=?iso-8859-1?B?U2XhbiBPJ0xlYXRobPNiaGFpcg==?=" <jwlawler@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> *** T. Winter wrote:
....
> > What I found most egregious was the introduction of a person in the
> > American edition that was not present in the British edition. Dean
> > Thomas, who was black. And more so because the introduction made
> > surrounding text incorrect. To quote:
> > And now there were only three people left to be sorted.
> > <inserted text>
> > "Thomas, Dean," a Black boy even taller than Ron, joined Harry at the
> > Gryffindor table.
> > </inserted text>
> > and after that follow "Turpin, Lisa", "Weasley, Ron" and "Zabini, Blaise".
> > Can't count to four?
>
> Dean Thomas sounds a familiar name. Are you sure that he is not in the
> UK edition?

You are right, but in the UK edition he is introduced later.

> I don't recall
> any explicit mention of skin colour in the UK editions,

Indeed.

Another interesting difference is in chapter 11 of vol. 1. Dean
Thomas is yelling about giving somebody a red card. In the US
edition it has to be explained to Ron Weasley what the meaning
of a red card is.
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