Re: RARA-AVIS: Re: British books in US

From: marianne.macdonald@lineone.net
Date: 07 Apr 2001


>But do they really still go through an entire book
>changing tyre to tire, colour to color and boot to trunk, just so
>American readers don't get confused.
Well, one of my children's books benefited from this treatment recently. the general assumption seems to be that the Brits can read American, but not vice versa. This attitude is probably justified?

Marianne

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