Harry Potter: British vs. American Editions


Last updated Fri Jul 14 09:18:06 EDT 2000

Below are the differences I could find between the British and American editions of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

Of course, the first difference is that the American title is Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. In addition, I have not flagged every instance of

The editions used were the Bloomsbury paperback, ISBN 0-747-53274-6, and the Scholastic Press paperback, ISBN 0-590-35342-X.

BritishAmericanBritishAmerican
Page/LinePage/LineTextText
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7/81/8moustachemustache
7/111/11neighboursneighbors
7/212/6neighboursneighbors
7/262/11graygrey
8/263/14get-upsgetups
8/363/24car parkparking lot
9/74/7lunch-timelunchtime
9/84/8baker's oppositebakery
9/244/23diallingdialing
9/264/26moustachemustache
10/385/9realisedrealized
10/15/12passers-bypasserby
10/196/2behaviourbehavior
10/246/7Shan'tWon't
10/266/9living-roomliving room
10/346/17news readernewscaster
10/406/23YorkshireYorkshire,
11/187/13lotcrowd
12/198/26brightbright,
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Evelyn C. Leeper
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