![]() ![]() Jamie eventually takes up the term for her, but he doesn't mean it as an insult. So, it seemed natural that someone would refer to Claire as a Sassenach," she continued. ![]() "Well, I had this English woman showing up, and I did know that Sassenach is in fact a fairly derogatory term for someone who is a foreigner, but specifically for an English person given the long and acrimonious relationship between England and Scotland. While I don’t speak Gaelic by any stretch of the imagination, we want a few little terms and sentences scattered around to give a flavor of the language," Gabaldon previously explained to T&C. "Very early on I began doing research as much as I could into Gaelic. It all stems from the fact that Outlander author Diana Gabaldon, who wrote the books the popular Starz television show is based on, wanted a sprinkling of Gaelic in her text. So how did it become a kind of pet name for Jamie to call Claire? ![]()
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