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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Ross Hunter

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Outlander author issues statement after historical inaccuracy row | Mind Blowing Facts

OUTLANDER author Diana Gabaldon has clarified a tweet in which she claimed that the SNP were responsible for the word “Scotch” falling out of use in Scotland.

The American author was responding to a query from a fan who was interested in the kind of hat Sam Heughan’s character Jamie was wearing in an episode of the Outlander TV series.

Gabaldon said the hat was a "Scotch bonnet", which is more often referred to as a tam o’ shanter.

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