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{{quote|'''Firebolt:''' Ms. Rowling, after the first book, you stopped converting English words to American words. Is there any reason for this?<br /> |
{{quote|'''Firebolt:''' Ms. Rowling, after the first book, you stopped converting English words to American words. Is there any reason for this?<br /> |
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'''J. K. Rowling:''' Actually, we didn't stop, but the number of words that were changed has been greatly exaggerated! We only ever changed a word when it had a different meaning in “American,” for instance, the word “jumper,” which in England means “sweater” and here, I believe, is something that only little girls wear!|'''AOL interview with [[ |
'''J. K. Rowling:''' Actually, we didn't stop, but the number of words that were changed has been greatly exaggerated! We only ever changed a word when it had a different meaning in “American,” for instance, the word “jumper,” which in England means “sweater” and here, I believe, is something that only little girls wear!|'''AOL interview with [[J. K. Rowling]] October 19, 2000'''}} |
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{{quote|In Canada we have enough to do keeping up with two spoken languages without trying to invent slang, so we just go right ahead and use English for literature, Scotch for sermons and American for conversation.|'''Stephen Leacock'''}} |
{{quote|In Canada we have enough to do keeping up with two spoken languages without trying to invent slang, so we just go right ahead and use English for literature, Scotch for sermons and American for conversation.|'''Stephen Leacock'''}} |
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