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TheLastKirin t1_iud6op3 wrote

Reply to comment by Lobo1976 in What happens when TV subtitles/captions are slightly different to what’s being said? by spwf

Harry Potter and the SORCERER's Stone because no one in America could be expected to learn something new.

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OneGoodRib t1_iuey3id wrote

Yes that's exactly it, it's not that the books were aimed at 10 year olds and "philosopher's stone" conjures up images of Plato sitting on a rock for a book that's supposed to be about wizard school.

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TheLastKirin t1_iufhdhw wrote

You realize that's exactly what it was called in the UK? Imagine, kids learning something from a book.

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