If you are what you eat, then the unicorn must be grass therefore voldemort doesn't eat a unicorn, infact he eats grass so doesn't that mean that voldemort is grass?
Wait a minute they got the wrong person
Voldemort was framed
in book one voldemort ate a unicorn
you are what you eat
so technically voldemort is a unicorn
and since unicorns are pure and innocent
Voldemort is pure and innocent
All the evidence of the murders lead to Voldemort
but since he is pure and innocent, Voldemort was framed.
I'm american, I know that it is Philosopher's stone originally, and I'm sick of the American stereotypes that we don't like thinking, even if it may be true for some people.
For anybody who was wondering, yes, the first book is Philosopher's Stone in England and Sorcerer's Stone in America because J.K. Rowling's American publishers thought that children wouldn't want to read a book with philosopher's in the title, and asked her to change it into something more exciting or magical. (Later she said she regretted the change). It has nothing to do with intelligence.
Oh, and in the movie every time philosopher's stone/sorcerer's stone was mentioned they filmed it twice, one for the American version of the movie and one for the English movie.
What if he sucked the unicorns rooster instead. Than ate it’s come. Plus back read comments. I know what philosopher stone is I watched full metal alchemist, and read stories with it on. I actually ironically thought that should’ve been the name. It gives me a headache reading “sorcerer stone” To hear that everwhere else is called what I ironically wished it was. It makes me relieved. But Why couldn’t it be called “Philosophers stone” in America. Not all of us are ignorant morons. Just most apparently.
(Rabi) Only you could make something so logical sound so dumb. So yea, get a life. and a brain. and whatever iq points you lost while posting that comment.
I know this sounds so unbelievable, but I'm just catching up on the Harry Potter series. xP They never appealed to me as a child, but now I'm beginning to delve into the magic of it all despite my age. Ohoho, it just shows how enchanting these books are. By the way, I'm on the third book. I know: total HP noob.
Before there are any more arrogant people commenting, read the comments already posted before you say "sorcerers". It's not that hard of a concept to grasp... In America it is Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone. The way it is in most countires and the way JK Rowling wrote it was as Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone.
We actually do use the word satsuma in America. You're right, it's basically interchangable for tangerine. But in the south, at least, we use satsuma as well.
I don't think YOU'RE stupid, i think the person in america who changed it is stupid...if it's interchangeable with tangerine then change it for that. It's just lame that some of the words that are changed take away the hilarity of some of the situations
Excuse me, IS a unicorn...i am not dead, we all know that that was merely a typo! ;)
The original copy that jk made is philosopher's stone. I don't know why american's felt the need to change it...do they not know what a philosopher is?
No, we know that a philosopher is a boring person who typically thinks through... Well everything.
We don't have the connotation like in Britain of the alchemist, or whatever. I wouldn't have read that book, for, to me, a stone of a smart guy really isn't that interesting.
To be perfectly honest, we don't have the alchemist connotation either really. The whole thing is pretty much an old legend (I think). You just sound like a douche.
@master_chief, thank you! The philosopher's stone does not originate in hp, it's what alchemists used to try to make. Therefore it makes zero sense to call it sorceror's stone when the philosopher's stone is a long-standing legend around which parts of the book was based!
my friend today was feeling cruddy and he turns to me and says "you remember in harry potter, when voldemort's eating that unicorn?" "Yeah, why?" "I'm that unicorn" it was so fantabulous i died laughing!
In my opinion as a bit they changed it for this reason.
Americans aren't stupid but they do seem to want to know the reasons for things
An american sees the term Philosiphors stone and craves to know why its called that. Why. There has to be a reason.
However a Brit sees this and is content to think that its called a Philosiphers stone because its called a philosophers stone. There doesn't have to be a reason why its just a name.
So Sorcerers gives a much more logical idea up front of why it would be called that.
In some ways your crave for reasons makes you better and worse. I am not here to judge
Well then that's judging a book by it's cover. The fact is that hp is so amazing and has made billions so clearly jk did well, so why try to change it? Why were none of the other titles changed? Hp and the chamber of the basilisk?
Also, the american versions actually have changed words IN the books! For example, book 5 at st mungos where in the original book a person has a satsuma stuck up their nose, in the american version it's a nut. Which i personally feel is nowhere as funny as it's way easier to get up one's nose. Do american's not know what a satsuma is? It's just stupid to change pure awesomeness you know? It's british, so leave it british.
I'm American and I've never heard of a satsuma until this comment. Ever. I looked it up and it looks like it's just a tangerine or a clementine- that's what they're called in America. We don't use the word satsuma; I even asked my mom what it was and she had no clue. You can think we're all idiots if you like, but I'm sure there's many words that Americans use often and British people have never heard of.
Maybe the American versions shouldn't have been changed (though I don't think they were changed much at all), but it certainly makes it tons easier for little kids to read them in America.
I AGREE THAT PHILOSOPHERS STONE SOUNDS BETTER BUT IM AMERICAN AND U CAN STOP CALLING AMERICANS STUPID FOR CHANGING THE NAME, IT WASENT US IT WAS THE PUBLISHERS ITS NOT LIKE WE VOTED
THE AVERAGE AMERICAN IS NOT THE PROBLEM IT IS THE IDEAL AMERICAN
Ah, fail. It's "It's" (without the colon.) I may not be able to speak Spanish, but at least I'm proficient in English. Pfft. An unnecessary colon? What are you, a third grader?
Main Entry: ex·tra·ne·ous
Pronunciation: \ek-ˈstrā-nē-əs\
Function: adjective
1 : existing on or coming from the outside <extraneous light>
2 a : not forming an essential or vital part <extraneous ornamentation> b : having no relevance <an extraneous digression>
"One word of caution: do not place the colon after the verb in a sentence, even when you are introducing something, because the verb itself introduces and the colon would be redundant."
I believe you just got schooled. Learn to accept defeat, honey; maybe you'll be a winner someday.
Extraneous, but not incorrect.
Me- 1
You- 0
Another thing, I'm not, nor will I ever be, your honey. Take that faggot shit somewhere else.
And you claim you're so holy. Ha.
(smart jenny): but voldemort possesed Quirrel and was basicly controlling him and i guess the blood also went into voldemort (pardon me for my spelling )
Actually, Philosopher's Stone is a reference to the fictional stone that the Alchemists of old believed would grant immortality and turn any metal to gold.
Oh yes he did.
...Also, is it just me or does Harry have a startling resemblance to Moaning Myrtle in the movies?
Hehe.... (I couldn't think of a good joke involving Harry getting "down and dirty" and the fact that she's called 'Moaning' Myrtle... oh well...)
That is mean Americans aren't dumb we know what the word philosopher means OH YEAH then in Australia it should be called THE KOALAS STONE and in england it should be called the British-teabaging-bigbenloving-englishlanguagedestroying STONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
maybe because the american publishers thought we could relate to sorcerer better than philosopher. i dunno. Philosopher sounds better. they should have kept it
Actually, Philosopher's Stone is a reference to the fictional stone that the Alchemists of old believed would grant immortality and turn any metal to gold
They changed it to the Sorcerer's Stone because, really, few Americans would read a book with Philosopher's in the title. The saddest part is, that's true.
i dont get the big deal with the whole philosophers/ sorcerers stone thing. They SAY sorcerers stone. Or i dont remember in the book actually but in the movie they do
I'm pretty sure the movie was made by Warner Brothers, an American company. So it would be dubbed to philosophers. But I guess it depends on the release dates...
.. but with an all British cast etc. Rowling wanted the films to be British so they were. They're produced by a Brit etc etc. (obviously with a few exceptions). Also, apparently WB only made the 7th and 8th? I don't really know but that's what it said on Wikipedia, which is God. :L Anyway, even if they were produced in America, I'm pretty sure they would have originally used 'philosopher' as that is the original word and the U.S. is the only country that has it changed to 'sorcerer' (to my knowledge...).
Noooo HP were ALL made by Warner Bros. for sure! But I figured it out... Those scenes that mention either philosopher or sorcerer were filmed twice, prolly just that part of the scene!
The HP films were made by Warner Brothers UK under specific instructions from JK to use British acting talent only and British locations. All the films were shot in the UK and are British films. An American version was made of the 1st film but it's the British version everywhere else. Harry Potter is British, end of story. :P
you americans just lost a little of my repsect. Everyone knows it was originally called "the philosophers stone" but was changed when the publishers realized americans would be too stupid to know what philosopher means.
That statement seems to hold prejudice... in America it is not widely know that the first book was called "The Philosopher's Stone". Also there is a culture difference between the U.S. and the U.K. The word philosopher is interpreted differently in our different cultures. The word in the U.S. is interpreted as a thinker and that only, while in the U.K. it can be interpreted also as an alchemist. So it isn't simply because "americans are stupid" (only some of us are).
@804376 (Dragonov): I'm American and I agree it's totally prejudiced, but sadly that is why they changed the title. They thought people who weren't British wouldn't know what philosopher meant so they changed the title.
Wow. I really just LOVE it when people call all American's stupid. Yeah, some of us are, so that apparently makes us all the same? The books are the SAME THING. The only difference between them is the words "Philosopher's" and "Sorcerer's". Everything else is the same. They both give off the same message, the same professors, the same classes. So really, there is no difference. I know the title shouldn't have been changed, I honestly think that the original title is classier. And guess what, I LIVE IN AMERICA. So please, before you go blabbing your mouth calling another country stupid, think about it and all the people who can see this.
LOL! Hogwart Students are Chocolate Frogs
(idiot me): And vomit flavored jelly beans
Dumbledore is earwax flavored.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
this is so great
relish
wat the hell.... pretty funnay tho
technically, he's unicorn's blood then :P
If you are what you eat, then Zubat is nacho cheese doritos, amirite?
i think you mean he who must not be named....
Fear of the name only increases fear of the thing itself.
Then where's his nose? Unicorns sneeze glitter, and they need noses for sneezing.
(Uni Unicorn): Unicorns sneeze glitter?!
... That's AWESOME! :'D
Does that mean that Harry Potter is a chocolate frog? If so, what does it mean when Ron pukes slugs? Disturbed...
Nah, that was out. Not in (:
And harry is the Golden snitch
i don't want to become a carrot..
i saw this on failblog but i didn't believe it XD
Ya me too, I always check the Google auto-complete.
thats exactly how i found this. lol.
I know!!! I had to see if it was true. :P
vagina
Harry: AVEDA KE----
Voldemort: begins to sprout mystical horn out of head
Harry: O_O
This is genius!!!!!!!!!!
Gasp YOU SAID THE NAME! Lol jaykay. Funny post!
I'm eating chips.
Wow, this Zubat is almost as annoying as the original Zubat. Except you troll on POTDs instead of Mt. Moon.
Yeah.
Whenever I battle a Zubat anymore, I think of you.
And Doritos.
Are they Lay's?
No, Zubat only eats Doritos.
Zubat is dorritos.
They're doritos.
I like how you even changed your picture to doritos
I love Doritos :)
Are they Cool Ranch?
Nacho cheese..........
Unfunny forced meme is unfunny and forced
And your dad is a vagina.
penis
U just jelly
If you are what you eat, then the unicorn must be grass therefore voldemort doesn't eat a unicorn, infact he eats grass so doesn't that mean that voldemort is grass?
But then the grass is the sun and the sun is hydrogen so that must mean that all Voldemort was really trying to do was make his voice really squeaky.
You would also get a squeaky voice from hydrogen. More so, even, because hydrogen is even lighter. So you actually didn't fail.
I thought unicorns ate sugar or something D:
This is just so awesome.
Bloody hell!
THAT WAS BRILLIANT HARRY!
The two comments by Ron that express the same feeling I had when I found this VERY funny statement.
OH YEAHHH unicorn YEAHHH
Pauly D?
i love harry potter, and i love anthony, but how the sprout did this get POTD.
Wait a minute they got the wrong person
Voldemort was framed
in book one voldemort ate a unicorn
you are what you eat
so technically voldemort is a unicorn
and since unicorns are pure and innocent
Voldemort is pure and innocent
All the evidence of the murders lead to Voldemort
but since he is pure and innocent, Voldemort was framed.
doesn't that mean that unicorns are cannibals?
It means that EVERYTHING is a cannibal.
I'm american, I know that it is Philosopher's stone originally, and I'm sick of the American stereotypes that we don't like thinking, even if it may be true for some people.
everyone who says sorceror's stone can now go jump off a bridge. IT WAS ORIGINALLY AND ALWAYS WILL BE PHILOSOPHERS STONE.
So true... So true...
This is genius!!!!!!!!!!
LOL
Oh my gosh. That was brilliant.
EPIC.WIN. END OF DICUSSION.
did you mean dick-session or discussion?
I think he meant dick session. In which case, I don't think it's over...
I lol'd and I liked, but Quirrell drank the Unicorn's blood. Voldemort did no eating.
how do you know, if Voldemort was physically on the back of Quirrell's head, he man have done the munching.
im gay
harry has a star shaped scar
i dont know
ROFLCopter
For anybody who was wondering, yes, the first book is Philosopher's Stone in England and Sorcerer's Stone in America because J.K. Rowling's American publishers thought that children wouldn't want to read a book with philosopher's in the title, and asked her to change it into something more exciting or magical. (Later she said she regretted the change). It has nothing to do with intelligence.
Oh, and in the movie every time philosopher's stone/sorcerer's stone was mentioned they filmed it twice, one for the American version of the movie and one for the English movie.
who ever posted this must really wish they didn't do it anonymous
I have to poop.
What if he sucked the unicorns rooster instead. Than ate it’s come. Plus back read comments. I know what philosopher stone is I watched full metal alchemist, and read stories with it on. I actually ironically thought that should’ve been the name. It gives me a headache reading “sorcerer stone” To hear that everwhere else is called what I ironically wished it was. It makes me relieved. But Why couldn’t it be called “Philosophers stone” in America. Not all of us are ignorant morons. Just most apparently.
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My mind has just been blown. But then again my day has just been made :)
Good post? I think so!
This makes me giggle.
you have no proof of that xD
they never mentioned in the book who really drank the blood
so maybe Voldi did drink it not Quirrel
(Rabi) Only you could make something so logical sound so dumb. So yea, get a life. and a brain. and whatever iq points you lost while posting that comment.
Sucks that you posted anonymous
I know this sounds so unbelievable, but I'm just catching up on the Harry Potter series. xP They never appealed to me as a child, but now I'm beginning to delve into the magic of it all despite my age. Ohoho, it just shows how enchanting these books are. By the way, I'm on the third book. I know: total HP noob.
inb4coolstorybro
Welcome to the magical world of Harry Potter.
Not so scary anymore...
http://memebase.com/2010/12/01/...r-im-a-virgin/
this has actually been out a long time before this post
Before there are any more arrogant people commenting, read the comments already posted before you say "sorcerers". It's not that hard of a concept to grasp... In America it is Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone. The way it is in most countires and the way JK Rowling wrote it was as Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone.
I meant ignorant....I'm tired, don't judge.
We actually do use the word satsuma in America. You're right, it's basically interchangable for tangerine. But in the south, at least, we use satsuma as well.
I don't think YOU'RE stupid, i think the person in america who changed it is stupid...if it's interchangeable with tangerine then change it for that. It's just lame that some of the words that are changed take away the hilarity of some of the situations
if you type 'if you are what you eat' into Google this comes up as a suggestion
i dont get why people are wasting their time fighting about this.
AWSOME!!
Oh, if only this was original.
LOL! I have to watch the american version to see if they say 'sorceror's stone'
lol. THIS literally made me ROFL .
voldemort da unicorn... hmmmm : P
Genius. Absolutely awesome :) lol.
Funniest thing ive seen in a while__^
Will you shut up? Way to ruin the post. Stop drinking haterade.
But it was FOR Voldemort. Do your research- wait no, looks like you just went to Wikipedia. Use your common sense.
who goes on wikipedia to look up fictional characters...thats the lamest thing i've ever heard...just sayin'
This is my not caring, in a bad mood face. ' _ '
Thank you anonymous.
Hm. I don't really remember them EATING Crabbe/Goyle/the cat.
they ate part of them!
Like...ONE hair. Doesn't count :p
They WERE Crabbe, Goyle, and the cat. For an hour at least... more in Hermione's case.
STFU you killed the amirite mini-meme. It's supposed to be the FIRST comment as POTD.
Poser
-Use of "brilliant" to make yourself sound British
-You claim you love Harry Potter, yet you can't spell Hermione's name correctly
are you a guy? If so, i would totally marry you (i'm a girl) !! You sound totally awesome! (avpm reference!)
that probably sounded a tad creepy but i don't care as i'll probs never meet you, but Meh, you sound great! :P
Excuse me, IS a unicorn...i am not dead, we all know that that was merely a typo! ;)
The original copy that jk made is philosopher's stone. I don't know why american's felt the need to change it...do they not know what a philosopher is?
No, we know that a philosopher is a boring person who typically thinks through... Well everything.
We don't have the connotation like in Britain of the alchemist, or whatever. I wouldn't have read that book, for, to me, a stone of a smart guy really isn't that interesting.
To be perfectly honest, we don't have the alchemist connotation either really. The whole thing is pretty much an old legend (I think). You just sound like a douche.
No. He's unicorn blood.
@master_chief, thank you! The philosopher's stone does not originate in hp, it's what alchemists used to try to make. Therefore it makes zero sense to call it sorceror's stone when the philosopher's stone is a long-standing legend around which parts of the book was based!
Lily pedrotti is a fig drinker
My bluberry pants are melting in my chinchillas misery mix
Search 'A Very Potter Musical' on youtube.com... TRUST ME IT EXPLAINS EVERYTHING!!!!!!
P.S. I'm funny in this :)
(Severus Snape): seen it and love it!
my friend today was feeling cruddy and he turns to me and says "you remember in harry potter, when voldemort's eating that unicorn?" "Yeah, why?" "I'm that unicorn" it was so fantabulous i died laughing!
Haha, the voldemort I know will never do something like that.... well in the movies that is :)
i mean seriously, you people have way too much time on your hands. The joke is funny, shut the hell up.
In my opinion as a bit they changed it for this reason.
Americans aren't stupid but they do seem to want to know the reasons for things
An american sees the term Philosiphors stone and craves to know why its called that. Why. There has to be a reason.
However a Brit sees this and is content to think that its called a Philosiphers stone because its called a philosophers stone. There doesn't have to be a reason why its just a name.
So Sorcerers gives a much more logical idea up front of why it would be called that.
In some ways your crave for reasons makes you better and worse. I am not here to judge
I'm a fucking cannibalistic...
If you eat buffalo Voldemort, Amir?
Well then that's judging a book by it's cover. The fact is that hp is so amazing and has made billions so clearly jk did well, so why try to change it? Why were none of the other titles changed? Hp and the chamber of the basilisk?
Also, the american versions actually have changed words IN the books! For example, book 5 at st mungos where in the original book a person has a satsuma stuck up their nose, in the american version it's a nut. Which i personally feel is nowhere as funny as it's way easier to get up one's nose. Do american's not know what a satsuma is? It's just stupid to change pure awesomeness you know? It's british, so leave it british.
I'm American and I've never heard of a satsuma until this comment. Ever. I looked it up and it looks like it's just a tangerine or a clementine- that's what they're called in America. We don't use the word satsuma; I even asked my mom what it was and she had no clue. You can think we're all idiots if you like, but I'm sure there's many words that Americans use often and British people have never heard of.
Maybe the American versions shouldn't have been changed (though I don't think they were changed much at all), but it certainly makes it tons easier for little kids to read them in America.
Dude, I'm American and one of the first words I learned was satsuma.
i'm an american so you can shut up! :(
I AGREE THAT PHILOSOPHERS STONE SOUNDS BETTER BUT IM AMERICAN AND U CAN STOP CALLING AMERICANS STUPID FOR CHANGING THE NAME, IT WASENT US IT WAS THE PUBLISHERS ITS NOT LIKE WE VOTED
THE AVERAGE AMERICAN IS NOT THE PROBLEM IT IS THE IDEAL AMERICAN
(Anonymous) llama
Obvious troll is obvious.
you are all idiots
He never ate a unicorn. He drank the blood of the unicorn, but never ate one.
@Shoulditbeobvious!?! lol, that is so funny, i felt like peeing!!!
stop trying to make it logical everyone it's a friggen joke
I've read Harry Potter and I get it... but it's not very funny.
I think it's hilarious.
Idk why this is POTD...
INORITE IF ITS A POTD IT NEEDS TO BE ABOUT EVOLUTION!!! scranton.
No comprendo... ¿Tú puedes hablar en español? Porque eres tonto, y no necesitas burlarse a mi.
everytime you open your mouth to say something you should be prepared to take a dick. otherwise no one cares to hear your dumb ass comments.
Fail. It's: burlarse *de mi. Also, the whole random Spanish thing isn't cute. You want to "insult" someone, do it in your common language.
Ah, fail. It's "It's" (without the colon.) I may not be able to speak Spanish, but at least I'm proficient in English. Pfft. An unnecessary colon? What are you, a third grader?
Seriously? The colon was necessary, you're just butthurt and wanted to find something to get at me with.
Failx2
Actually, any grammar expert will tell you that a colon is extraneous when used after a verb "it's" (it IS), or after a preposition.
Hey, at least I owned up to my mistake, rather than continuing to insist that I was correct to someone obviously more learned in the subject at hand.
"Extraneous." Exactly.
I believe that's your 3rd fail?
You're slacking, man.
Extraneous?
Main Entry: ex·tra·ne·ous
Pronunciation: \ek-ˈstrā-nē-əs\
Function: adjective
1 : existing on or coming from the outside <extraneous light>
2 a : not forming an essential or vital part <extraneous ornamentation> b : having no relevance <an extraneous digression>
http://lilt.ilstu.edu/golson/pu...ion/colon.html
"One word of caution: do not place the colon after the verb in a sentence, even when you are introducing something, because the verb itself introduces and the colon would be redundant."
I believe you just got schooled. Learn to accept defeat, honey; maybe you'll be a winner someday.
Extraneous, but not incorrect.
Me- 1
You- 0
Another thing, I'm not, nor will I ever be, your honey. Take that faggot shit somewhere else.
And you claim you're so holy. Ha.
With all due respect, you're an idiot.
Me- " An unnecessary colon?"
You "The colon was necessary"
Orly?
Hahahaha you're too easy. Step it up, man.
That's why Hary potter is dumb
You are why Twilight is dumb...
You are so dumb. You are really dumb. Fo' real.
*Harry
get a life...please?
(-.-): get a brain...please?
(-.-):
nononono. Prof. Quirrel did all the blood sucking of the unicorn. not voldimort! he did none of the sucking. none.
(smart jenny): but voldemort possesed Quirrel and was basicly controlling him and i guess the blood also went into voldemort (pardon me for my spelling )
I don't get it. :( When does he eat a unicorn??
He drinks their blood in HP and the Philosopher's Stone.
oh ya! lol
Sorcerer's Stone*
(Anonymous):* Philosopher's stone
I'm sorry, I forgot that they had to change the title when it went to the USA because people don't know what philosophers are over there.
Actually, Philosopher's Stone is a reference to the fictional stone that the Alchemists of old believed would grant immortality and turn any metal to gold.
It's Philosopher's, I assure you... I would know.
That's what I said. I meant that they had to change the title for Americans because they wouldn't understand the original title.
No, Sorcerer's Stone just sounds a heck lot cooler. Americans wouldn't understand why you wouldn't name it something awesome.
It was actually changed because of the different connotation it would have in the U.S., smarty.
face palm
(-.-): To actually facepalm type ( o n o ) without spaces. Just a helpful hint.
Ssh! Don't tell everyone!
If lord Voldemort is a unicorn, then harry potter is a MERMAID!!!!!
(Shoulditbeobvious!?!):
.....when did Harry Potter eat a mermaid?
I never ate a mermaid.
You didn't get down and dirty with the mermaid painting in the prefects bathroom?
Oh yes he did.
...Also, is it just me or does Harry have a startling resemblance to Moaning Myrtle in the movies?
Hehe.... (I couldn't think of a good joke involving Harry getting "down and dirty" and the fact that she's called 'Moaning' Myrtle... oh well...)
Omg you aren't Harry Potter. Stop it ~.~
That is mean Americans aren't dumb we know what the word philosopher means OH YEAH then in Australia it should be called THE KOALAS STONE and in england it should be called the British-teabaging-bigbenloving-englishlanguagedestroying STONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Er...you really didn't do a great job defending Americans there.
How can the English destroy their own language? Stop taking it so seriously - they changed the name - so what?!?! Just enjoy the joke!
koala doesn't relate to philosophers or sorcerors , the last bit just made me laugh..England destroyed the english language really? LOL
Obvious troll is obvious.
by the by JessahAnn, the drinking of unicorn blood happened in The Sorcerer's Stone. Not the Philosopher's Stone
People in the UK call it the Philosopher's stone.
Is it really titled the Philosopher's stone then changed when the books were printed in america?
its also the philosophers stone in australia (:
the philosophers stone is a legend based on early alchemic research. the name itself is hundreds of years old.
that makes sense because Nicolas Flammel was an alchemist.
Did you learn that from watching Full metal alchemist? ;]
Also called "Philosopher's Stone" in Canada
It's Philosopher's Stone in Canada as well.
It's Philosopher's Stone almost everywhere outside the USA, as far as I know...
Except for the countries where they don't speak English. It's "de vises stein" in Norway, meaning "the stone of the wise", pretty much.
yeah, something like that. I'm not sure why though..
maybe because the american publishers thought we could relate to sorcerer better than philosopher. i dunno. Philosopher sounds better. they should have kept it
Actually, Philosopher's Stone is a reference to the fictional stone that the Alchemists of old believed would grant immortality and turn any metal to gold
I agree.
They changed it to the Sorcerer's Stone because, really, few Americans would read a book with Philosopher's in the title. The saddest part is, that's true.
i dont get the big deal with the whole philosophers/ sorcerers stone thing. They SAY sorcerers stone. Or i dont remember in the book actually but in the movie they do
In the UK, they most definitely say 'philosopher' in the film. They may have overdubbed it in the U.S..
Whoa, that is crazy. Now I need to see the British version of the movie so I can hear them say "philosopher's stone."
I'm pretty sure the movie was made by Warner Brothers, an American company. So it would be dubbed to philosophers. But I guess it depends on the release dates...
.. but with an all British cast etc. Rowling wanted the films to be British so they were. They're produced by a Brit etc etc. (obviously with a few exceptions). Also, apparently WB only made the 7th and 8th? I don't really know but that's what it said on Wikipedia, which is God. :L Anyway, even if they were produced in America, I'm pretty sure they would have originally used 'philosopher' as that is the original word and the U.S. is the only country that has it changed to 'sorcerer' (to my knowledge...).
Noooo HP were ALL made by Warner Bros. for sure! But I figured it out... Those scenes that mention either philosopher or sorcerer were filmed twice, prolly just that part of the scene!
Ha, maybe. We might never know. Does it really matter? :L
An unsolved mystery.. Hah it doesn't matter at all, quite pointless(:
This is months old now but I don't care:
The HP films were made by Warner Brothers UK under specific instructions from JK to use British acting talent only and British locations. All the films were shot in the UK and are British films. An American version was made of the 1st film but it's the British version everywhere else. Harry Potter is British, end of story. :P
SAME EFFING DIFFERENCE!
anmericans are stupid cause they dont know what a philosopher is
and im gay
you americans just lost a little of my repsect. Everyone knows it was originally called "the philosophers stone" but was changed when the publishers realized americans would be too stupid to know what philosopher means.
That statement seems to hold prejudice... in America it is not widely know that the first book was called "The Philosopher's Stone". Also there is a culture difference between the U.S. and the U.K. The word philosopher is interpreted differently in our different cultures. The word in the U.S. is interpreted as a thinker and that only, while in the U.K. it can be interpreted also as an alchemist. So it isn't simply because "americans are stupid" (only some of us are).
It's not so much as relating philosopher to alchemy as is is the philosopher's stone.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosopher's_stone
Maybe they thought Americans would be all "lolz wai wuld a filosofer have a stone? thats dum."
i have one of five dragonflies on my shoulder blade. he's lonely. =/
Lol & nearly throwing up on my tattoo artist. GG.
@804376 (Dragonov): I'm American and I agree it's totally prejudiced, but sadly that is why they changed the title. They thought people who weren't British wouldn't know what philosopher meant so they changed the title.
Theres always that one person who can argue about which country is smarter than the other on a post about voldemort and unicorns, amirite?
Wow. I really just LOVE it when people call all American's stupid. Yeah, some of us are, so that apparently makes us all the same? The books are the SAME THING. The only difference between them is the words "Philosopher's" and "Sorcerer's". Everything else is the same. They both give off the same message, the same professors, the same classes. So really, there is no difference. I know the title shouldn't have been changed, I honestly think that the original title is classier. And guess what, I LIVE IN AMERICA. So please, before you go blabbing your mouth calling another country stupid, think about it and all the people who can see this.