http://artofirreverence.com/2009/01/11/well/ a family album of books, music, outings, and more Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:00:57 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://artofirreverence.com/2009/01/11/well/#comment-5 Amy Graves Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:47:00 +0000 http://artofirreverence.com/weblog/?p=20#comment-5 Thanks, Lisa.  That’s a good point—I might not have noticed the differences at all if they hadn’t put chips and sweets in the same sentence.  I guess this shouldn’t be too surprising from a book whose title changed for fear of Americans mispronouncing “verdigris.”  (And I, for one, did have to use the dictionary to get the right pronunciation, but I’m entirely too dependent on my dictionary to begin with.)  Great job with the January carnival, by the way. Thanks, Lisa.  That’s a good point—I might not have noticed the differences at all if they hadn’t put chips and sweets in the same sentence.  I guess this shouldn’t be too surprising from a book whose title changed for fear of Americans mispronouncing “verdigris.”  (And I, for one, did have to use the dictionary to get the right pronunciation, but I’m entirely too dependent on my dictionary to begin with.)  Great job with the January carnival, by the way.

]]> http://artofirreverence.com/2009/01/11/well/#comment-4 Lisa Chellman Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:20:00 +0000 http://artofirreverence.com/weblog/?p=20#comment-4 Usually I tend not to notice the Americanization of British books, but I suppose that’s a credit to a job well done! You seem to have found a lot of incongruities in this translation. I think the reason the crisps/chips change is so hard to swallow (so to speak) is that on this side of the puddle we’re more apt to say “candy” than “sweets.” So there’s a mismatch right there! I think I’d prefer to read a book in its native British. It’s interesting and fun to note the lexical differences. Usually I tend not to notice the Americanization of British books, but I suppose that’s a credit to a job well done! You seem to have found a lot of incongruities in this translation. I think the reason the crisps/chips change is so hard to swallow (so to speak) is that on this side of the puddle we’re more apt to say “candy” than “sweets.” So there’s a mismatch right there! I think I’d prefer to read a book in its native British. It’s interesting and fun to note the lexical differences.

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