On Mar 22, 2006, at 10:31 AM, Wouter van Ooijen wrote:

>> I don't consider myself particularly familiar with "UK english",
>> though I've read Pratchett in the original British
>
> Wait a minute - do you imply that UK books like Pratchett's are
> translated into US-english??
>
Yes.  Sometimes.  Depending on publisher, etc.  Usually little
things like lorry->truck, lift->elevator and such.  I don't know
offhand to what extent Pratchett gets edited this way (I'm not
enough of a purist to hunt down both editions, or INSIST on the
British editions, but not-yet-published-in-the US editions of
some books were proud souvenirs of my trips to England.)  There
was quite a bit of flack about Rowling's initial Harry Potter
book being "dumbed down" to "The Sorcerer's Stone" in the US
edition however...  (later volumes have had noticeable Britishisms.)

BillW
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