Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

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

Editor: Edward Olson

This page indicates all differences between the U.K. and U.S. editions of the second book, *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*.
pp.	U.K. Edition	U.S. Edition	pp.
8	top-of-the-range	top-of-the-line	3
10	fortnight	two weeks	5
12	ice-creams	ice cream	10
13	joint	loin	10
21	was hard-done-by	had it bad	14
23	completely at sea	completely lost	17
17	September the first	September first	16
19	wardrobe	closet	17
22	tinned soup	canned soup	22
24	'Bit rich coming from you.'	"You should talk."	25
26	wound down	rolled down	27
29	windscreen	windshield	31
29	wellington boots	rubber boots	32
33	Father Christmas	Santa Claus	36
38	tank top	sweater vest	44
39	holiday	vacation	45
42	pulled the doors to	pulled the doors closed	50
45	an apothecary's	an apothecary	54
48	wonky	lopsided	58
52	group who	group that	63
53	cock-crow	dawn	65
53	boot	trunk	66
56	check no one's watching	check that no one's watching	70
58	bonnet	hood	73
66	good on you	good for you	84
70	timetables	schedules	89
76	can't say fairer	can't do better	98
79	waste bin	waste basket	102
79	candelabra	iron chandelier	102
89	It's mad	It's ridiculous	116
89	treacle toffee	treacle fudge	116
93	shift the slime	get the slime off	121
94	peaky	pale	122
94	jump-jets	missiles	123
96	he's got flu	he's got the flu	125
101	go to the loo	have a pee	133
111	hadn't got	haven't got	146
111	nutter	maniac	146
118	cistern	tank	156
135	prised	wrenched	180
135	prised open	opened	180
147	end of term	end of the term	197
160	Much the most difficult bit	By far the hardest part	214
160	cupboard	closet	214
161	treacle-thick	glutinous	215
167	gormless	clueless	223
173	news agent's	variety store	231
185	grass on Hagrid	squeal on Hagrid	250
187	rubbish	lousy	252
198	they went, crocodile fashion	they marched	267
199	A second later, Harry spotted something that made him hit Ron over the hand with his pruning shears.	A second later, Harry spotted something.Several large spiders were scuttling over the ground on the other side of the glass, moving in an unnatuarally straight line a though taking the shortest route to a prearranged meeting. Harry hit Ron over the hand with his pruning shears.	268
199	Harry was pointing at the ground a few feet away. Several large spiders were scurrying across the earth.	Harry pointed out the spiders, following their progress with his eyes screwed up against the sun.	269
199	Harry watched the spiders running away.	Harry's eyes narrowed as he focused on the spiders. If they pursued their fixed course, there could be no doubt about where they would end up.	269
199	Professor Snape escorted	Professor Sprout escorted	269
208	hatching Aragog out in	hatching Aragog in	281
210	revising	studying	284
226	monkey-like	monkeyish	307
233	straight away	right away	302
240	got fond	grown fond	326