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How English people respond to Scottish slang
From'gutties' to'tattie-champer', Scottish people have some of the most weird and wonderful slang words in the world. While the jargon may make perfect sense to Scots, the words can garner some baffled looks from English people. Scientists are now using eye-tracking technology to analyse the responses of English people to the slang, in the hopes of gaining insights into how people use accent and dialect to comprehend sentences. From'gutties' to'tattie-champer', Scottish people have some of the most weird and wonderful slang words. Researchers from Dundee University are hoping to understand how English speakers understand Scottish dialects, and vice-versa.