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And an American kid wouldn’t be able to figure out that “mum” is Britspeak for “mom”?
And why are British kids assumed to be able to cope with a reference to a philospher’s stone while Yank kids can’t? Worse, when a philospher’s stone is a thing and a sorceror’s stone is not. So the British kid who looks up “philospher’s stone” gets a definition, while the American kid who looks up “sorceror’s stone” gets squat. Again, just how dumb do they think we are? |
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Even when I purchased my (only) book on Pottermore, they would not let me purchase the UK English edition, but all other languages were available. Darn regional restrictions!
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But the UK shows shows like Love Island, Naked Attraction, Dr. Pimple Popper, My Big Fat Fabulous Life, My 600-lb Life, Some of the Real Housewife shows, The Only Way Is Essex (UJK's answer to Jersey Shores), Kardashian shows, Don't Hate the Playaz, and other garbage. So judging the US by the crap shown on TV doesn't work because the UK has plenty of crap on TV. |
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"Ma'am" definitely does not sound like "mum" in my part of the southern US. The vowel sound in "Ma'am" is like "dam" or "ram". |
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When you go to the rest of your Amazon Content and devices , its does not say " you already borrowed this item" - it surely says you purchased it i.e. "own " it, unless is from Prime lending, of Kindle unlimited, then its "borrowed" seems that amazon are running some custom lending library setup for pottermore and your copy is on indefinite loan from that library But. If pottermore quit paying for the library service, amazon could shutter it, and next time you go on line the kindle book expires. update- I checked my own content & devices page, but its all changed since I last visited. I used to see a long text based list of titles, but now I have to choose from purchases, samples, borrows in a drop down., then its all in cover images.. e.g. Digital Content View: Books Borrows Sort by: ... is your pottermore book in "purchases", or "borrows." |
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