Can a UK MacBook run North American operating system dvd?

I inherited a 2008 MacBook Pro from a family member in the UK (I live in Canada). Unfortunately, he forgot to give me the original operating system disc for it. I recently found some errors with Disc Utility that require me to do a disc repair from the OS disc so I went and bought a new copy of Snow Leopard to upgrade my system, and to fix the erros.
Unfortunately, the disc won't mount and just keeps spitting back out at me. I then borrowed a copy of Leopard from my boss and that did the same thing. I am wondering if the fact the machine is from the UK and I am trying to load North American OS discs is the problem.
Can anyone tell me if this could be my issue and what, if anything, I can do to get around it?
Thanks,

"Unfortunately, he forgot to give me the original operating system disc for it."
Can he ship them to you?
You can get replacement System Install & Restore CD/DVDs from Apple's Customer Support for a nominal S&H fee. _*You'll need to have the model and/or serial number of your Mac available.*_
You may need to go through the regional Apple Store that serves your country/location to find the contact number. Here's a list of links to all of those -
http://store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Images/intlstoreroutingpage.html
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