|
INDEX
|
|
Help/About
Differences:
Harry
Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Editor: Edward
Olson
This page indicates all the
differences between the British and the US versions of Harry Potter
and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
| pp. |
U.K.
Edition |
U.S.
Edition |
pp. |
| 7 |
torch |
flashlight |
1 |
| 7 |
Adalbert
Waffling |
Bathilda
Bagshot |
1 |
| 8 |
whilst |
while |
3 |
| 9 |
row |
fight |
4 |
| 9 |
he'd
got Harry |
he'd
gotten Harry |
4 |
| 18 |
newsreader |
reporter |
16 |
| 31 |
a
fair few |
quite
a few |
34 |
| 32 |
letter
boxes |
mailboxes |
36 |
| 35 |
bollards |
wastebaskets |
41 |
| 49 |
scarpered |
scampered |
60 |
| 49 |
haring |
racing |
60 |
| 53 |
rowing |
arguing |
65 |
| 57 |
queue |
line |
71 |
| 62 |
'Get
out of it!' |
"Get
out of here!" |
78 |
| 63 |
Gorilla
arms |
gorilla-ish
arms |
80 |
| 71 |
timetable |
course
schedule |
90 |
| 73 |
set
us |
assigned
us |
93 |
| 75 |
down
our |
down
at our |
97 |
| 81 |
wonky |
crooked |
105 |
| 81 |
Inner
Eye testing |
Inner
Eye tested |
105 |
| 85 |
pop
my clogs |
kick
the bucket |
110 |
| 85 |
rubbish |
bad |
111 |
| 86 |
bullclips |
binder
clips |
112 |
| 91 |
sack |
fire |
119 |
| 92 |
problem
he |
problem
that he |
121 |
| 108 |
Gryffindor
haven't |
Gryffindor
hasn't |
143 |
| 109 |
cracking |
spanking
good |
144 |
| 120 |
Next
moment |
A
moment later |
160 |
| 142 |
know
it off |
know
it |
191 |
| 155 |
"I
didn't think of Voldemort," said Harry honestly. "I -- I remembered those
dementors." |
'I
did think of Voldemort at first,' said Harry honestly. 'But then I -- I
remembered those dementors.' |
209 |
| 169 |
large
silver one |
large
silver noisemaker |
227 |
| 169 |
tuck
in |
dig
in |
228 |
| 170 |
cracker
hats |
party
hats |
230 |
| 173 |
stop
him |
stop
him from |
233 |
| 188 |
Only
we need |
We
need |
254 |
| 189 |
do
his nut |
go
ballistic |
255 |
| 200 |
scarper |
run |
270 |
| 209 |
nor
do I |
neither
do I |
284 |
| 217 |
Slytherin
win |
Slytherin
wins |
294 |
| 224 |
clapping
them |
applauding
them |
304 |
| 226 |
Next
moment, Fred Weasley had chucked |
A
moment later, Fred Weasley chucked |
307 |
| 226 |
Penalty
to |
Penalty
shot to |
307 |
| 227 |
Next
moment |
Then
again |
308 |
| 232 |
sit
two |
sit
for two |
315 |
| 232 |
reading
up |
reading
up on |
316 |
| 233 |
ever
sat |
ever
taken |
317 |
| 234 |
second
from last |
second
to last |
318 |
| 36 |
Minister
for Magic |
Minister
of Magic |
42 |
| 278 |
mad |
insane |
379 |
| 316 |
in
one go |
in
one gulp |
433 |
| 316 |
at
weekends |
on
weekends |
433 |
| 317 |
check
I'm happy |
check
if I'm happy |
435 |
copyright 2001 Edward Olson, used
by permission |