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PostPosted: January 12, 2008 12:56 am    Post subject: Typo on Page 157 Reply with quote

Percy is spelled "Perry" lol
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PostPosted: January 12, 2008 2:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Whoa.

GOOD catch...

For anyone wondering...

CoS ch 9; pg157 (US ed)

"Get - away - from - there-" Perry said, striding toward them and starting to bustle them along, flapping his arms. "Don't you care what this looks like? Coming back here while everyone's at dinner-"
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PostPosted: January 13, 2008 3:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

lol
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PostPosted: January 13, 2008 4:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

haha i never noticed that
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PostPosted: January 13, 2008 5:19 pm    Post subject: Re: Typo on Page 157 Reply with quote

HAIRIEST_POTTER wrote:
Percy is spelled "Perry" lol


Hehe, that's his name in Norwegian! Funny ^-^
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PostPosted: January 14, 2008 12:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

yeh...i have the books with the metallic trimming and they changed it so that instead of saying "Perry said" they just wrote "he said"

weird.,.
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PostPosted: January 17, 2008 9:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, in the British edition, it's changed to:

CoS Ch 9 pg 119
"Get - away - from - there -" he said...
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PostPosted: January 17, 2008 9:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hm. Indeed this is hilarious. o_o
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PostPosted: February 24, 2008 10:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's really weird, almost shocking.
How the hell did that slip by the editors? This is HARRY POTTER we're talking about.

Everyone reads these books, this makes me Shocked
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PostPosted: February 25, 2008 12:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I never noticed, I am re-reading the series, and should be finishing book 1 tonight, so I will have to check it out when I get there in book 2. i never noticed.
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PostPosted: March 21, 2008 10:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

haha nice!
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PostPosted: March 21, 2008 11:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ohhh yes. It's Perry in my copy too!
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PostPosted: March 25, 2008 4:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Turns out i have the version that says HE SAID
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PostPosted: April 22, 2008 2:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You won't believe me, its in Serbian copy(at least in mine is) too!
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PostPosted: May 26, 2008 9:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

lol nice
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PostPosted: May 29, 2008 4:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lol, Perry sounds weird, Perry would suit a owl, but Percy as Perry ahhhh!!!! Typo!
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PostPosted: June 2, 2008 8:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

lol nice!!
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PostPosted: June 6, 2008 7:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

GOOD SPOTTING!

Perry!
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PostPosted: June 6, 2008 9:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

how do you guys notice this stuff? lol
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PostPosted: June 7, 2008 4:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The intelligence of courage!
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PostPosted: June 7, 2008 4:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You just combined Ravenclaw and Gryffindor!
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PostPosted: June 7, 2008 9:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Gryffinclaw!

The intelligence of ambitous looking and the courage of being loyal to the typo!
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PostPosted: June 8, 2008 4:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i would never notice anything like that. i am too involved in the boo, im not really focousing at the words on the page.
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PostPosted: June 8, 2008 4:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm not, I read slow just in case you miss out on important and problems in the book.
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PostPosted: June 8, 2008 4:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i get really wrapped up in the book
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