Harry Potter
and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Differences Between the U.K. and U.S. Editions

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Editor: Edward Olson

This page indicates all the differences between the British and the US versions of *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*.
pp.	U.K. Edition	U.S. Edition	pp.
7	torch	flashlight	1
7	Adalbert Waffling	Bathilda Bagshot	1
8	whilst	while	3
9	row	fight	4
9	he'd got Harry	he'd gotten Harry	4
18	newsreader	reporter	16
31	a fair few	quite a few	34
32	letter boxes	mailboxes	36
35	bollards	wastebaskets	41
49	scarpered	scampered	60
49	haring	racing	60
53	rowing	arguing	65
57	queue	line	71
62	'Get out of it!'	"Get out of here!"	78
63	Gorilla arms	gorilla-ish arms	80
71	timetable	course schedule	90
73	set us	assigned us	93
75	down our	down at our	97
81	wonky	crooked	105
81	Inner Eye testing	Inner Eye tested	105
85	pop my clogs	kick the bucket	110
85	rubbish	bad	111
86	bullclips	binder clips	112
91	sack	fire	119
92	problem he	problem that he	121
108	Gryffindor haven't	Gryffindor hasn't	143
109	cracking	spanking good	144
120	Next moment	A moment later	160
142	know it off	know it	191
155	'I did think of Voldemort at first,' said Harry honestly. 'But then I -- I remembered those dementors.'	"I didn't think of Voldemort," said Harry honestly. "I -- I remembered those dementors."	155
169	large silver one	large silver noisemaker	227
169	tuck in	dig in	228
170	cracker hats	party hats	230
173	stop him	stop him from	233
188	Only we need	We need	254
189	do his nut	go ballistic	255
200	scarper	run	270
209	nor do I	neither do I	284
217	Slytherin win	Slytherin wins	294
224	clapping them	applauding them	304
226	Next moment, Fred Weasley had chucked	A moment later, Fred Weasley chucked	307
226	Penalty to	Penalty shot to	307
227	Next moment	Then again	308
232	sit two	sit for two	315
232	reading up	reading up on	316
233	ever sat	ever taken	317
234	second from last	second to last	318
236	Minister for Magic	Minister of Magic	342
278	mad	insane	379
253	"You're wrong," said Lupin. "I haven't been Sirius's friend for twelve years, but I am now...let me explain..."	"You're wrong," said Lupin. "I haven't been Sirius's friend, but I am now -- Let me explain...."	345
315	"Crookshanks took the order to the Owl Office for me. I used your name but told them to take the gold from Gringotts vault number seven hundred and eleven -- my own."	Crookshanks took the order to the Owl Office for me. I used your name but told them to take the gold from my own Gringotts vault.	433
316	in one go	in one gulp	433
266	"I'm still not saying I believe you," Harry retorted. "Then it's time we offered you some proof," said Black. "You, boy -- give me Peter. Now."	"I'm still not saying I believe you," he told Lupin. "Then it's time we offered you some proof," said Lupin. "You, boy -- give me Peter, please. Now."	362
316	at weekends	on weekends	433
317	check I'm happy	check if I'm happy	435