diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c7f01c2ac0..1e4543cbb2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Main
+
+- Bug fix: $an() inlinefunc didn't understand to use 'an' words starting with a
+  capital vowel
+
 ## Evennia 1.1.1
 
 - Bug fix: Better handler malformed alias-regex given to nickhandler. A
diff --git a/evennia/utils/funcparser.py b/evennia/utils/funcparser.py
index 0cef19bd7b..03afb52610 100644
--- a/evennia/utils/funcparser.py
+++ b/evennia/utils/funcparser.py
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ import inspect
 import random
 
 from django.conf import settings
-
 from evennia.utils import logger, search
 from evennia.utils.utils import (
     callables_from_module,
@@ -706,7 +705,7 @@ def funcparser_callable_an(*args, **kwargs):
     if not args:
         return ""
     item = str(args[0])
-    if item and item[0] in "aeiouy":
+    if item and item[0] in "aeiouyAEIOUY":
         return f"an {item}"
     return f"a {item}"