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maiter Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words21.3 32.4 3.2 0 11.6 0 4.4
Number of occurrences6661 2 0 2 0 1
Number of authors15 12 2 1 1

Occurrences of maiter in Corpus

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Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
e a crack wi her on a serious maiter. Wi that she drew a paper fra on page 14
stench, unbowsome view o the maiter, the time the lave o thaim wi on page 15
ad at her mither wis makkin a maiter nou about triffles o nae acco on page 18
i git the meisurin richt, nae maiter hou aften he meisured an meis on page 19
she haed seen at she teuk the maiter out o his haunds an phont the on page 20
Also on pages 22, 30
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Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
this wey, whan feelins winna maiter... on page 22

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
nae maiter wha ye are, on page 7
nae maiter the wather yont on page 11
A LiVEs mAiTeR on page 36
e fur advice oan some pressin maiter on page 39
Nae maiter on page 51

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
cht growe - unalike bangstry maiter shawn on the televeesion, com on page 54

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
ttings, whaur spelling daesna maiter. Tak this alang wi Staundart on page 16
Anither maiter that cam oot the editathon wi on page 48
ody that writes in Scots, nae maiter whit can thay hae. The Scots on page 51

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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
meenit wis faur ower muckle a maiter for ma praisence tae be ony c on page 125

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
cht growe - unalike bangstry maiter shawn on the televeesion, com on page 54

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
rs aboot aw kin kynd o haikin maiter, a ceukbeuk for reddin meat, on page 65

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
89 but hou thae differs didna maiter in 1997, whan the pairties ha on page 110

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Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ity o thair ain chyces in the maiter. (We maun mention ti amuse th on page 4

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
e en the tribbles, brocht the maiter o Ulster Scots tae the fore. on page 121

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 56 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
Some leeterar an non-leeterar maiter that's no eith come ower bi i on page 15

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 74 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
Google economy, whaurby, nae maiter whit kin o tred or troke, whi
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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
"heiliegoleirie" seems a smaa maiter, but maist sic folk uizes Sco
as it leuks: it's aa juist a maiter o soondin what they see on th
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Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
meenit wis faur ower muckle a maiter for my praisence tae be ony c
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Fleemin, Sandy Shudder at the Niffer, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
(tae pit up wi something as a maiter o chyce). Altho baith in spae
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Eagle, Andy Lallans 62 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
/kids.msfc.nasa.gov) alang wi maiter for collegianers an teachers
g wi this comes a fell feck o maiter anent the universe an the foo
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Tait, John M Lallans 62 - Expository Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
lad (or onie writin, for that maiter) supposed ti be in ‘Scotsâ€
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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
nical nou, bi what I wis. Nae maiter what wey I leuk at it, I feel
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Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
sed, etc. It disna sae muckle maiter whither words like spier taks
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Eagle, Andy Lallans 63 - Stravaigin The Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
aw picturs is mony interestin maiter lik news airticles adae wi th
oceans. A guid wheen ploys an maiter for teachers is here an aw.
um.fsbusiness.co.uk) seemilar maiter is pitten ower veesually an i
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
thocht aboot. Sae like Daurk Maiter, we jist daena ken.
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Eagle, Andy Lallans 71 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ndwallers, but the fact o the maiter is that owerheid juist 15,000
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Clark, Thomas Mindin on Willie McIlvanney, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Bellshill, blog
e on a few occasions, but nae maiter whit level o fairly veesible
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Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
trae is jist a dream, daes it maiter wha the dreamers are?
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Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
grey toon o Hawick, it daesna maiter whaur ye're stairtin fae - t
it's just a lingua franca, a maiter o practicality raither than p
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Smith, Jamie Effeirin tae the formal: Laitinate lendwirds in Scots, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ver, I wantit tae redd up the maiter, e’en if juist for my ain p
O coorse, it shouldna really maiter whaur Scots got the wirds fra
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Than an nou — poverty, makkin dae, an leukin oot for ilk ither, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
deid fae failin kidneys in a maiter o weeks.
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
It wis ainlie a maiter o time. We aw saw it comin, a
rarely wrang, it’s ainlie a maiter o time before somewan ah know
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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
the day. But the’r anither maiter ’at maun be seen tae first.
is in full greement anent the maiter, e’en Snawba and Napoleon.
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Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
n we’r no skaithless in the maiter: “Ye maun haud your tongue
ng o the question wis anither maiter that steert a stoushie. The b
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Horsbroch, Dauvit The Embra Greement, (Scots Language Centre 2012) Central, government
t siller will be an important maiter for thaim
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Doric

Uri, Antonia Widney’s Fuil, (Mak Forrit 2017) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
local area by wird o mou, nae maiter far ye come fae. Ye dinna ken
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Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
ging or whither ye bide disna maiter. For ye’ll ay hae a hame he
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Shetland

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
ae da Foy? Shuirly hit duisna maiter whit a body is cled ithin." S on page 35

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Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
insted o to have (or for dat maiter ta hiv) ta mak da perfect ten
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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
"It's a bit o a sensitive maiter, Mrs Higgins. It's about Miss on page 1

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