Recently Sophie Skelton who plays Brianna Randall Fraser in the Starz hit show Outlander. Posted the following to her Instagram account and what happened afterwords with her co-star , Richard Rankin was nothing short of “historic”.
Rik Rankin who is cast as Roger Wakefield MacKenzie, Sophie’s soon to be on screen lover, replied with this tweet.
Not sure about the grammar there, Randall. Doesn’t sound like the daughter of a Historian… https://t.co/tcCwFqruSN
— Richard Rankin (@RikRankin) June 15, 2017
Sophie being the determined woman that she is set out to prove Rik wrong about his grammar when he used “a historian” rather than “an historian”.
Thanks for the grammatical lesson. Oh and, whilst we’re on the subject, it’s ‘an’ Historian…. You were saying??…
— Sophie Skelton (@SkeltonSophie) June 16, 2017
BTW. Shouldn’t your quotation include ‘historian’ too and not just ‘an’? Just saying. I want to help you.
— Richard Rankin (@RikRankin) June 16, 2017
… P.S I’m sticking with ‘A Historian’ because I believe it actually is more grammatically correct. Argue amongst yourselves though!
— Richard Rankin (@RikRankin) June 16, 2017
What was that noise? Ah yes – it was the sound of Jane Austen rolling in her grave. Bet you also pronounce it ‘haitch’ don’t you? 🙈
— Sophie Skelton (@SkeltonSophie) June 16, 2017
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For the record. ‘an historian’ PARTICULARY doesn’t apply to my accent. ‘H’ is almost always a voiced consonant in Scottish. *drops mic*
— Richard Rankin (@RikRankin) June 17, 2017
*unvoiced
— Richard Rankin (@RikRankin) June 17, 2017
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Oops 😳
That awkward moment when you drop the mic and then have to pick it up again… 😉
— Armadillo_Alert (@mkayo44) June 17, 2017
Ouch! 😖
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She was just trying to emphasize the ‘an’. If she’d quoted ‘an historian’, it would be a misquote because you didn’t write that, right? 🙂
— Christine (@KocsoChristine) June 16, 2017
No, she was proposing an amendment to my ‘mistake’. Let’s not be thick. What she needed was italics. Not my fault Twitter doesn’t have them
— Richard Rankin (@RikRankin) June 17, 2017
Found some light reading/help for you. https://t.co/y0qKKZYC5b https://t.co/2KoiywpD6V https://t.co/OlfsfXyoHV https://t.co/u0ECFkSbAw https://t.co/Lmv0wFf6Dd
— Richard Rankin (@RikRankin) June 17, 2017
I think Sophie is Bree because she’s not backing down no way no how.
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Found some light reading/help for you.. guess Bree just has a little more class than the ol’ Mackenzie.Maybe due a brush up on your history? pic.twitter.com/FURTrnuO76
— Sophie Skelton (@SkeltonSophie) June 17, 2017
This one might explain it more simply for you… #caseclosed pic.twitter.com/AjlAgqe5Fl
— Sophie Skelton (@SkeltonSophie) June 17, 2017
Rik finally concedes like a good hubby should 😂
Oh love. You are as cute as a bloody button. #caseclosed
— Richard Rankin (@RikRankin) June 17, 2017
— Sophie Skelton (@SkeltonSophie) June 17, 2017
Now who’s dropping the mic
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I’m not grammar queen so don’t judge me on this blog post 😂
