Poor Manuela

A classmate, on the Harry Potter books:

“I do get annoyed with the inconsistent Americanizations in the US-texts–sometimes Harry wears sneakers, and sometimes trainers. Sometimes they have sweaters, and sometimes they have jumpers. Either always use the British word for something or always use the American!”

I bet there are a lot of inconsistencies in books five and on. And I bet I could tell you exactly why, too. If Manuela Soares was dead, she’d be turning over in her grave reading that quote.

Edited: October 1st, 2009