crumpets & muffins

[Laurence Horn]

>The Americanization of the Potter books is even stranger, given the fact
>that most American kids are raised on Disney Britophilia such as Peter Pan,
>Alice in Wonderland, 101 Dalmatians, Mary Poppins, The Sword in the Stone
>(though recall the American-accented Arthur), The Great Mouse Detective
>(one of my favorites), and many others.  If kids can get the Caterpillar
>and Mad Hatter, why not the philosopher's stone?
>
>But I think the Americanization of the Potter books actually was fairly
>limited. For instance, Harry's friend Ron often uses the word "git" for
>schoolmates he doesn't like. This word is not in most American dictionaries
>and is unfamiliar to American kids and to most of their parents as well.
>
>Joe
>
Luckily for some of those parents, the Beatles used "stupid git" in
at least one of their songs, so it's not totally unknown to us.

Larry