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Flora Tang Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

One hundred = One thousand ?

In Harry Potter books, the UK version of One Hundred means One Thousand in the US version. How could that be? I really don't understand.

here pp168
  

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As I understand the process, the American editors review the text and change words into other words that they think will read better to an American audience. The meanings needn't be equivalent. I don't have the Harry Potter book on hand (nor am I ever likely to), but I presume that in that context, for some reason or another, 1000 sounds more appropriate than 100 to Americans.

— Mister Micawber

  • As I understand the process, the American editors review the text and change words into other words that they think will read better to an American audience.
  • The meanings needn't be equivalent.
  • I don't have the Harry Potter book on hand (nor am I ever likely to), but I presume that in that context, for some reason or another, 1000 sounds more appropriate than 100 to Americans.
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As I understand the process, the American editors review the text and change words into other words that they think will read better to an American audience. The meanings needn't be equivalent. I don't have the Harry Potter book on hand (nor am I ever likely to), but I presume that in that context, for some reason or another, 1000 sounds more appropriate than 100 to Americans.
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My guess originally was originally that there was an edit, which was corrected in the later released Sorcerer's Stone. Upon looking at HP Lexicon to see further changes I noticed the explanation was listed, and that was the reason.

"The title of the book, according to the booklist from chapter five, is One Thousand... This edit fixes the typo. This error is only found in the Br
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