Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site topaz.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!cbosgd!cbdkc1!desoto!packard!topaz!JAFFE From: JAFFE@RUTGERS.ARPA Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: RE: So Long and Thanks for all the Fish Message-ID: <2551@topaz.ARPA> Date: Mon, 8-Jul-85 16:38:27 EDT Article-I.D.: topaz.2551 Posted: Mon Jul 8 16:38:27 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 9-Jul-85 07:30:56 EDT Sender: daemon@topaz.ARPA Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 21 From: bnl!stern (eric) > > I can't say I've noticed any discrepancies between English and > American versions of SLATFATF, but in _Life, the Universe, and > Everything_, when Arthur Dent crossed the Atlantic he changed > from a "Complete A**hole" to a "Complete Kneebiter." At least > as far as Wowbagger was concerned..... > > Will Duquette Another change between the British and American versions of _Life, Universe, and Everything_ was the title of the award won by the person who possessed the silver bail. The British version had the award going to the most gratuitous use of a famous four letter word beginning with F, denoting sexual relations, while in the American version, the award was for the most gratuitous use of the world "Belgium". They also had to add a few extra sentences explaining this. Eric Stern