Locals have bought a 600-year-old pub in the village where Outlander was filmed - with American fans of the hit TV show snapping up shares. The Red Lion Inn, in Culross, Fife, was at risk when previous private owners planned to sell up.
24.01.2023 - 18:09 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Outlander fans and Scots were quick to poke fun at Outlander author Diana Gabaldon after a mix-up regarding Scottish terminology on Twitter.
The American author, best known for writing the series of novels set in Scotland that have sold over 25 million copies worldwide, took to the social media website to respond to a fan who had a question about an episode of the television series based on the books.
In the episode, one of the characters wears a traditional Scottish hat. Seeking further information, the Twitter user wrote: "The hat he’s wearing as he looks up at Claire. To me It looks like something out of Peaky Blinders.
"Could be wrong. I remember Charles 3 wearing one shooting grouse in Scotland. "Not sure whether hat is supposed to be contemporary 1945 or contemporaneous. It happened so quickly."
In response, Gabaldon tweeted: "If you mean the ghost, he's wearing a Scotch bonnet (yes, I do mean Scotch) with a feather in it--very traditional (hence the "Scotch" -- EVERYONE (including all the Scots) used that term until the SNP got into power in the mid-20th c.)."
It wasn't long before fellow Twitter users were quick to correct the author for a number of errors made in the tweet. As many pointed out, a Scotch bonnet is not a hat but in fact a variety of chilli pepper.
One tweeted: "Scotch Bonnet is still a chilli, I thought bunnet, cap or tam would be the name of the hat."
A second agreed: "Nowadays it would be called a Tam O'Shanter, but in Scotland there is no way we would have called it a Scotch bonnet... more likely just a bonnet."
"1. That's a Tam O'Shanter, 2. A scotch bonnet is a chilli," a third posted, while a fourth joked: "Now do one about the other traditional Scottish hat, the jalapeño."
Meanwhile, a fifth
Locals have bought a 600-year-old pub in the village where Outlander was filmed - with American fans of the hit TV show snapping up shares. The Red Lion Inn, in Culross, Fife, was at risk when previous private owners planned to sell up.
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