Posted by Prue Eckett on January 01, 2006 at 20:23:36 from 222.152.214.173 user PrueEckett.
In Reply to: Re: Bowlderising AR (was Political Correctness was AR v HL) posted by Mike Dennis on January 01, 2006 at 10:40:25:
I believe 'Philosopher' was turned into 'Sorcerer' because the American publishers thought sorcerer would make the book more appealing and that also, American children(presumably unlike English children) wouldn't understand the term and be unlikely to want to find out. A case of dumbing down if ever I saw it.