Anyone know why Rowling titled the first book, "The Sorcerer's Stone," in the United States and "The Philosopher's Stone" everywhere else in the world? Seems a bit strange to have to publish different English language versions and film two different sets of scenes just for that minor difference.
Surprisingly enough, I do know this one. <g> Not JK's decision of course, but, as always, the American publishers. Who, like many American TPTB, thought that US readers would be too dumb to know what a Philosopher was and that Sorcerer would be much more easy to understand.
They really do underestimate you guys a lot, don't they?
LabRat
