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Some songs—such as “A Guid New Year to ane a’ A’”—were widely recognized.

Guid Oei, an obstetrician at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands, and his colleagues have been developing their own artificial-womb system alongside simulation dolls that allow clinicians to practice transferring a fetus.

When he played guid old Scots tunes, that was.

Guid Oei, a professor at the Dutch university and gynaecologist at the nearby Maxima medical centre, said current approaches are problematic as premature babies do not yet have fully developed lungs or intestines – meaning that attempts to deliver oxygen or nutrients directly to such organs can result in damage.

The OED points to a 1936 article in Scots Magazine: “Ony sensible body wad be only too pleased if I washed their windows for naething, but jist because ye think yersel’ fantoosh, I’m no’ guid enough.”