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   Chan Welbourne to All   
   Re: FYI Thomas J. Giarmo   
   22 Sep 11 12:38:00   
   
   XPost: sci.med.cardiology, misc.fitness.weights   
   From: bleablah@mume.invalid   
      
   MU presented the following explanation :   
   > On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:23:18 -0400, VD wrote:   
      
   >> On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:19:35 -0400, MU wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:15:10 -0400, Chan Welbourne wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> on 9/22/2011, Z supposed :   
   >>>>> On Sep 21, 5:01 am, "Chan Welbourne"  wrote:   
   >>>>>> After serious thinking MU wrote :   
   >>>>>>>> You are a fan, a reader? :D   
   >>>>>>> Yes, all books, every movie.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> A test then? HG dislikes which claas? >:|   
   >>>>> Why not ask something like; what's the illustration for chapter 8   
   >>>>> ("Snape Victorious", page 155) of HBP (US version). Which is of   
   >>>>> course, Harry summoning his Patronus.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Nice Google but no one on this newsgroup reads the USA versions. :-Z   
   >>>   
   >>> Is that so? Neither did I for that matter I read the entire series as   
   >>> e-books and listened as audio books. The audio book illustrations hurt   
   >>> my ears. lol   
   >>   
   >> There is nothing inherently wrong with the USA versions, in many ways   
   >> they were more colorful and, for Americans, easy to understand. It was   
   >> a matter of authenticity in narrative and language and character   
   >> projection.   
      
   > I traveled too often, I don't care for paperbacks, I get tired of   
   > wearing my glasses and the e-book format (Kindle and Nook) which zooms   
   > and easily attaches lighting is perfect. Great on the beach, day or   
   > night, especially the ink paper format of the Nook.   
      
   Why not buy the hard covers regardless?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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