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Question: Why Is The First Harry Potter Book Called Different Things In Different Countries!?
In some countries its called "Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone" and others its called "Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone" Why is this!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Here the issue is well explained: http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Harry_potte!.!.!.

@Twilight: the American word for philosopher is *not* sorcerer (duh!?)!. Sorcerer means magicians, wtch - it has nothing to do with philosophy!.
also, the "philosopher's stone" is an object whose naming far predates the discovery of America (in Latin, it was called "lapis philosophorum", that is the stone (lapis) of the philosophers (philosophorum))!.
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Philosopher!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Because the American market was too stupid to know what a Philosopher was!.!.!. Luckily Australia got the UK version :)

If the Americans don't think they are stupid why did they have to massacre and change the English language to suit their inability to spell!? ie: colour - color !.!.!. neighbour - neighbor !.!.!. cheque - check !.!.!. gaol - jail !.!.!. to mention just a few :)Www@QuestionHome@Com

because the american word for philospher is sorcererWww@QuestionHome@Com

yeah i have no clue why they did that!.!.!.
gayy!.
americans arent that stupidWww@QuestionHome@Com