# Harry Potter movie - do they call the stone "Philosopher's" or "Sorcerer's"?

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**Created:** [November 7, 2001, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-movie-do-they-call-the-stone-philosophers-or-sorcerers/91981 "2001-11-07T10:06:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-movie-do-they-call-the-stone-philosophers-or-sorcerers/91981/21 "2001-11-14T20:47:21Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Jojo \*  
> The reason being that Americans may have thought that it was a sequel to Georges I and II rather than being about George the Third. Hence they wouldn’t bother with it since they hadn’t seen the first two.

[False](http://www.snopes2.com/movies/films/george.htm).

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-movie-do-they-call-the-stone-philosophers-or-sorcerers/91981/22 "2001-11-14T22:46:25Z")

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Too late. 😃

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