This page indicates differences between the British and United States versions of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s/Sorcerer’s Stone.
| pp. | U.K. Edition | U.S. Edition | pp. |
| 8 | car park | parking lot | 3 |
| 9 | the baker’s opposite | the bakery | 4 |
| 9 | lot | bunch | 4 |
| 10 | shan’t | won’t | 6 |
| 11 | her lot | her crowd | 7 |
| 13 | sherbet lemon | lemon drop | 10 |
| 16 | motorbike | motorcycle | 14 |
| 16 | dustbin | trashcan | 14 |
| 19 | bobble hats | bonnets | 18 |
| 19 | roundabout | carousel | 18 |
| 19 | cooker | stove | 19 |
| 20 | punch-bag | punching bag | 20 |
| 20 | sellotape | scotch tape | 20 |
| 21 | mummy | mommy | 21 |
| 21 | cine-camera | video camera | 22 |
| 21 | video recorder | VCR | 22 |
| 22 | cinema | movies | 22 |
| 23 | sellotaped | taped | 24 |
| 23 | fringe | bangs | 24 |
| 23 | jumper | sweater | 24 |
| 23 | bobbles | puff balls | 24 |
| 23 | glove puppet | hand puppet | 24 |
| 24 | bins | trash cans | 25 |
| 24 | beetroot | beet | 25 |
| 24 | ice lolly | ice pop | 26 |
| 29 | comprehensive | public school | 32 |
| 29 | letter-box | mail slot | 33 |
| 29 | post | 33 | |
| 30 | holidaying | vacationing | 34 |
| 34 | toilet | bathroom | 40 |
| 35 | video | VCR | 41 |
| 35 | motorway | highway | 41 |
| 35 | a sharp turning | a sharp turn | 41 |
| 36 | multi-storey car park | multilevel parking garage | 43 |
| 37 | packet of crisps | bag of chips | 44 |
| 42 | mum | mom | 50 |
| 42 | have a place | have been accepted | 51 |
| 43 | Dear Mr Dumbledore, | Dear Professor Dumbledore, [written in a handwriting font] |
52 |
| 52 | notes | bills | 65 |
| 52 | set books | course books | 66 |
| 53 | hamburger bars | hamburger restaurants | 68 |
| 54 | gummy | toothless | 68 |
| 61 | football | soccer | 79 |
| 67 | next day | the next day | 89 |
| 68 | trolley | cart | 90 |
| 78 | bogey-flavoured | booger-flavored | 104 |
| 83 | trainers | sneakers | 110 |
| 91 | three people left to be sorted. ‘Turpin, Lisa’ became | three people left to be sorted. “Thomas, Dean,” a Black boy even taller than Ron, joined Harry at the Gryffindor table. “Turpin, Lisa” became | 122 |
| 93 | jelly | Jell-O | 125 |
| 98 | queuing | lining up | 131 |
| 101 | Dear Harry, (it said in a very untidy scrawl) I know you get Friday afternoons off, | Dear Harry, I know you get Friday afternoons off, [written in a handwriting font] |
135 |
| 122 | pitch | field | 164 |
| 124 | football | soccer ball | 167 |
| 124 | rounders | baseball | 168 |
| 127 | jacket potato | baked potato | 172 |
| 135 | nobbled | clobbered | 184 |
| 140 | crumpets | English muffins | 199 |
| 147 | Happy Christmas | Merry Christmas | 200 |
| 147 | sweets | candy | 201 |
| 150 | a tea of | a meal of | 204 |
| 152 | disused | unused | 207 |
| 161 | Philospher’s Stone | Sorcerer’s Stone | 219 |
| 165 | changing room | locker room | 225 |
| 167 | revision timetables | study schedules | 228 |
| 168 | One Hundred | One Thousand | 229 |
| 175 | teddy | the teddy | 240 |
| 175 | dressing gown | bathrobe | 240 |
| 179 | revision | studying | 245 |
| 179 | learns spells off by heart | learn spells by heart | 246 |
| 181 | Prof. M. McGonagall | Professor M. McGonagall [written in a handwriting font] |
247 |
| 182 | lookout | problem | 249 |
| 193 | on about | talking about | 265 |
| 214 | sweet-shop | candy shop | 296 |
| 214 | lavatory seat | toilet seat | 296 |
| 217 | quits | even | 300 |
| 218 | mad | crazy | 302 |
| 219 | barking | off his rocker | 302 |
| 219 | sweet-boxes | candy boxes | 303 |
| 221 | drawn | tied | 306 |
| 222 | came top of the year | had the best grades of the first years | 307 |
© 2001 Edward Olson, used by permission
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