Hey, buddy, please don't bash the US. We didn't ask for the publishers to change the book. I wish they didn't. It's not that much different. But just because the Publishers decided to "Americanize" the books doesn't mean we're all stupid and don't read or use dictionaries.

The person who created this topic asked what the difference was. Not why is the US stupid. Lay off us, please, ok?

And a lot of the words are still British English in the US versions. "Mum" and "trainers" are both still in the books. We don't use those words. (although I do say "mum" now.) However the only reason why they didn't change those words is because Jo insisted that they didn't.

And I think it's stupid how the covers to the books change as well. I like the British covers more than the US's.