A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Occurrences of maitter in Corpus

Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
mmer Twa? Weel that's anither maitter awthegither, and we aw on page 28
id jeely yon's a mair serious maitter awthegither. on page 35
comfort him mair. 'It doesna maitter whit folk like yon think,' sh on page 57
y, and it wis shairly ainly a maitter o time afore... on page 74
e mixter o glue and cake. Nae maitter hoo hard they warsled tae win on page 75

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
d be an owersettin o the same maitter A haed duin. on page 3

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Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
ae retour thare? Whit daes it maitter nou? on page 46

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Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
s aye talkin, '... that'll no maitter the noo, but we'll need tae b on page 60

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
fykie repair mysel. It wis a maitter o life or daith for me. My dr on page 11
"That disna maitter. Draw me a sheep." on page 12
'That disna maitter. Whaur I bide, awthing is Bey on page 18
dinna speir at the hert o the maitter. They dinna speir, "Whit like on page 19
muckle o life, nummers dinna maitter a whittie-whattie. I wad hae on page 20
Also on pages 29, 34, 44, 49, 69, 72, 86, 93
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Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
i the seller he discussed the maitter on page 20

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
innae fash yersel. It daesnae maitter!'A cuidnae fund onythin mair on page 24

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
Nae maitter hou they tried, on page 5
uestion aither wey, it didnae maitter whit wey she pit it. She felt on page 10
ele, ("the exack shape disnae maitter," it said,) an then the hale on page 26
hat weel eneuch; an it disnae maitter a docken tae me gif ye're a w on page 44

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Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
The faither wis a different maitter, on page 15

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Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
kies fur me she seen the hale maitter an cries fur an aimbulance an on page 78

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
idnae ken. Onyweys it wis nae maitter, A wis aye thare, ivver howpf on page 22

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
focused on modren issues, nae maitter hoo filtered though a period on page 40

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
nner A'm claucht til nou! Nae maitter hou haurd A ettil for ti luve on page 45
It wes a blek affront! An nae maitter hou he cockit up thon bunnet, on page 46

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
e the apparently mair serious maitter ae an auld bit ae wood. They' on page 1

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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
happen onyroads, whit daes it maitter if we dae onythin aboot it or on page 6

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
, still here, auld or new nae maitter, on page 15
nae matter or maitter where on page 17
nae maitter whit, yer laugh the soondtrac on page 24
nae maitter when or whaur ye've gane. on page 55
bield or bleeze, nae maitter, chynge or swither, on page 61
Also on pages 66, 77
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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
he session minutes an lae the maitter rest - wi a warnin. He confe on page 41
htmares had gat less, but nae maitter hou often or hou little, Griz on page 65
'Yer faither an me gied this maitter alot o thocht ower the past y on page 77
e kent she had nae say in the maitter. Young Adam, John, Hugh an Wi on page 78

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Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
Christmastide ye sall be, nae maitter that Maister Knox on page 38
p, gies me a kennin look, nae maitter on page 93
nae maitter whither tocher o pauper or ki on page 100

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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
ang tae the stert o the haill maitter. Whit brocht the Viking kin i on page 13
rawin braith, he broachit the maitter o Sif's hair wi the sons o Iv on page 14

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Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
hoot dichtin' their feet, nae maitter hoo often ye tell them, an' l on page 3
it's along at Enster, sae nae maitter whar they are they can let th on page 24
respectable fur the kirk, nae maitter whit ye lookit like the rest on page 27

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Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
'It doesnae maitter if he's dapper on page 12
'Ach weel, it'll no maitter soon, on page 40

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Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
hoo mony year, nae maitter on page 52

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
nivver see ithers"' truth nae maitter hou aften they micht get tell on page 13
intae the 20th centurie is a maitter o record, an o shame. Nou, th on page 18
time, that atrocities were a maitter o daily occurence, an that it on page 20
tens o thoosans. Hou dis this maitter? Weel, whan ye hae sma locali on page 29
lang time syne that it didnae maitter. Weel mebbe, but div we no st on page 42
Also on pages 50, 54, 59, 67, 74, 75, 76, 78, 82, 83, 91, 97, 99, 100, 113, 114, 115, 116, 119, 123, 133, 143
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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
are whyles gey shooglie. Nae maitter whit, thae weeks or week-ens on page 56

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
tween history an story didnae maitter sae muckle as it does the day on page 10
quarter o a century till the maitter was settlit, an the war atwee on page 24
were in the north, it bein a maitter o taste ye see. Whitivver, it on page 37
ad a smile on his phizzog nae maitter whit cam his wey, an he kennt on page 63
t, cauld, wet an windy ap nae maitter hou ye dresst, ye get the shi on page 64
Also on pages 74, 80, 88, 116, 123, 128
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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ller, and puir Mr Baffie, nae maitter hoo hard he warked, and nae m on page 5
at never lost its flavour nae maitter on page 18
s weel, it wis this: that nae maitter hoo wee the chaunce micht be on page 33
tae hae mair food. It doesnae maitter aboot us. We're ower auld tae on page 48
awthegither. Surely it widnae maitter if he jist spent wan mair... on page 52
Also on pages 136, 154
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Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
oot at 6:00 in the mornin nae maitter WHIT day o the week it is, an on page 17
owk "hing oot". But it disnae maitter how mony heidlocks I pit him on page 18

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Nae maitter whit denomination, on page 93
nae maitter gif they'd chosen their caree on page 103
boot it - it's no some jokin maitter - on page 104
within Natur's leemits, whit maitter gif ye hae hunner or a thoosa on page 106
ame through the glaur, dis it maitter on page 113
Also on pages 126, 149
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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
'It doesna maitter hoo far ye run,' he heard her on page 11
aff in the weet but yon didna maitter. He dried the bottle wi a dis on page 37

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
e names maun be coontert as a maitter o urgency. on page 12
tongues, Scots shuid be, as a maitter o coorse, ane o the choices o on page 14
in Pairt II, kennin this last maitter tae be ane reservit tae the W on page 19

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
ng and cannie pense aboot the maitter, Wee Grumphie said: on page 6
"Whit''s the maitter, Heehaw?" on page 9
'Hoo, whit's the maitter, Pooh?' spiered Christopher R on page 14
'Whit's the maitter?' spiered Pooh. on page 27
she kent richt awa that, nae maitter hoo big Teeger seemed tae be, on page 30
Also on pages 34, 53, 59, 69, 74, 82, 97, 102, 116, 129, 148, 160
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Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
the wes nae saicret anent the maitter; fur A wes, in a wey, a skair on page 4

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Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
n passin throu wes a sairious maitter ti be traitit wi ceremonie. W on page 41

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
Olaf is up tae somethin, nae maitter whit." on page 86
Klaus said. "But that disnae maitter. Whit daes maitter is that Pv on page 96
t widnae be seen deid in, nae maitter how bad things were. Wirkin q on page 116
s a honkin play and it disnae maitter tae oor story wan bit. A hant on page 142

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Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
said Mither "Whit's the maitter? on page 16

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Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - Review Lang Syne in the East Neuk o Fife, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
This maitter o fact wey o speikin has a ha on page 54

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Waddell, John Lallans 58 - Three Waddins and Fowr Funerals - a monologue, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
stit. Weel, onywey, it winnae maitter gin A tell ye noo. on page 59

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
"Weel, it micht no maitter kis this Suez thing's raelly on page 65

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
telligibeility is a practical maitter, no juist an ideological thre on page 9

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McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
man! Ye ken that's nae sma maitter!" on page 112

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Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
r saw whit the thing's former maitter had been afore it eikit intil on page 18

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Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
growthe fae the kintra, but a maitter o priorities: the first prior on page 96

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
pring tae catch up wi it. Nae maitter how fast he ran, the stag wis on page 14

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Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
i een as big as munes. An nae maitter whit it wis he wished for, th on page 40

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Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
, hoo it soonds disnae muckle maitter." on page 106

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
reader favours is maistlie a maitter o leiterarie preconceptiouns. on page 116

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Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
aye in the door there wes the maitter o a bolt - and Mairshall a t on page 72

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
sik-like maitter i the magazine. An while the' on page 6

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
"Ach! It's a maitter o technique!" Cherlie telt hi on page 96
sae the chowed up bits disna maitter!" on page 97

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Matheson, Ann Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
Maugre the pouerfu subjeck maitter, the story seldom stounds. Th on page 127

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
ng's renderin o his oreiginal maitter. For ensaumpil, tak the airli on page 135
n the richt gait. Its subjeck maitter straucht grups us, kis Willie on page 139

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
cannae noo be challenged, nae maitter hoo guid a case is made (mind on page 56

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
teeclarly ower sic a sairious maitter. on page 17

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
k. An nae wunner. The subjeck maitter is said tae be a mellin o lee on page 91

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Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
I canna see, nae maitter hoo aften I read this story i
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
o sentimentality or, for that maitter, wershness. Insteid, ilka ane
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
oken communication. It disnae maitter a docken hou weel it gets wri
A Maitter o Trust
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ill o Scotland, but is seekin maitter frae thaim at’s gaen abraid
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Fairnie, Robert Thochts o Speakin Scots, (peffers50.freeserve 2001) Central, prose
, wisna true, it's a diffrent maitter wi thair mooths. Thair mooths
haim a rid face, it's juist a maitter o thaim gittin tae be croose
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Facebook link ( 2022) Central
why it maittered an still dis maitter the day.

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
35. The maitter o siccar (or legal) status fo
there will be derth o teachin maitter.
that this is a reserved maitter).
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 108, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
t aboot guid ettles, it wis a maitter o resources an aw but, tho th
n wisna an ettle tae jouk the maitter as faur as he wis concairned
r. Gin it wisna sic a serious maitter, it micht be gey hard for tha
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Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
thaim ir out o’m, it disna maitter. Naethin semes ti maitter a b
. Naethin semes ti maitter a bit, thon’s the chairm o�
int at it, sae he drappit the maitter.
��An that is sumthin at disna maitter, aither ti yow ir me. A hae n
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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
maitter.”
Mirren tirned hir wutt ti the maitter o the panser.
fugie but the waws. It disna maitter
gilt on hirsell fur the hale maitter an it wuid aye ligg
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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
as in Inglis – an, for the maitter o that, in mony anither Europ
irlt tae acause o the subjeck maitter), we sud conseider whither we
the reason whit wey the wirds maitter: they gie us disteinctive wey
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Hardie, George Lallans 76 - Tammy an the Cheese Plant, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
maitter. Ye see, whan Ah goat up Ah w
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Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
ad aariddy, and it wid hardly maitter if there wisnae: there’s a
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Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
han just sleep, but it didnae maitter. It ended up it wis takin age
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
"Noo whit's the maitter," he replied.
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Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
o the cauld Ayrshire air. Nae maitter hou skeigh ye wur, it wis gey
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
erin a braid reinge o subjeck maitter. The buik cairries a gey yuis
d the same surname Burns, nae maitter hou it wis spelt.
s written correspondence, nae maitter wha it's tae, is only written
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Capener, Jack No Guid Eneuch, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
the day, nane o thaim really maitter. Facts mey be cheils thit win
s anely twa facts thit really maitter here. Fact yin: aw weys o spe
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Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
braidcastin isnae a devolved maitter. But saft pouer gets things d
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
threat tae the Union, but nae maitter whit thair mooths
1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Fae Mooth tae Page, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central, blog
te o time. It didnae seem tae maitter tae them when I said it wis r
1 matches

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
te the in-yir-gut things that maitter tae me the maist, then –woo
ning awa? But it disny really maitter, it’s like ony kinda screiv
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Hodgart, John Scots Language Act: Oor weans hae richt tae see mither tung respectit, (The National 2021) Central - North Ayrshire, newspaper
it. Suirly this is a crucial maitter o equal richts that jist hasn
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
“Nae maitter,” she added, her een bricht
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
r heritage tint' an that 'nae maitter hou muckle or hou sma, we hiv
Donovan touches on the maitter o the colonisation o Tibet bi
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
cuid noo be pitten up on that maitter. On the ither haund, it wis t
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
in Aprile when she said, "nae maitter hou muckle or hou wee, we hae
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
eys for eneuch ettles on thon maitter areddies." MEP Myrsini Zorba'
The braidth o subjeck maitter an the sindry styles maks bai
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
nnocence bearin the gree. Nae maitter whit age ye are, be ane o the
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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
air. “Whit oan irth’s the maitter....?”
“The maitter?” Davie pintit tae the runk
s Mum, Annie. “That’s the maitter.” Davie gurled. “Jist rae
3 matches

Lehane, Matt Mouse Eat Mouse World, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
oh dear whit can the maitter be...
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
wi the servants neither. Nae maitter. She wis blithe for tae serve
ables, bit shairly that didna maitter whan there wis plenty made di
be the fundies - or, for the maitter o that, the Chinese - ootsid
practical skill,” he sayed maitter-o-fackly. “Ah learnt it by
e drive, that’s a different maitter.”
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McClurg, Fernando Indytwa?, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
offer. Noo, pairt o this is a maitter time. Syne Indyref, aye less
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Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
Nae policy, nae maitter hoo radical or weill-intentio
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McClurg, Fernando Scots, the Electoral Commission an the language community, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
Referendum votin guide. As a maitter o fack, they postit twa, for
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Votin isna Democracy. But..., (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
The plain fack o the maitter isna that votin isna in itsel
t the SNP win! But that’s a maitter for anither day…). An wha s
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McClurg, Fernando The Great Divide, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
canna compete wi the SNP, nae maitter hoo monie keepie-uppies Jim M
ornan jynin the SNP is less a maitter o ideology nor o leukin tae h
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
hat thae fowk wisna takin the maitter sairiously an wis juist ettli
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
olicy for Gaelic an, for that maitter, nae regaird for Gaelic an th
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
mpare wi fernyear or for that maitter, onie ither year in the bye-g
bi e-mail or phone. It daesna maitter the gate as lang's ye juist G
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ontinuum, cuid be a different maitter aw thegither in the een o som
whit it's worth an juist as a maitter o interest, the Eddication Ac
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
haur fowk can lairn Scots nae maitter whaur they bide, frae the com
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Briggs, Susi Atween the lines o Muirland Meg, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
And it widna maitter the darg she pit in
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Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
t aboot yon bluidy stane. Nae maitter hoo braw or comfy the room hu

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
only success that year. In a maitter o weeks Claverhoose wud hae h

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
So why dis this bit o history maitter?

Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
Why does this maitter? Should I no juist leave the
l it the same as English, nae maitter hou muckle ye deform the leid
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Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
lad! Oot wi it! Whit’s the maitter?’ The auld flesher’s hert
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@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
y or twa aboot this important maitter! Here Jim Smith, a richt doon(2018) search twitter

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It duisnae maitter, Ashley, ye ken that gin ye s(2020) search twitter
Nae maitter whit age I am...I’ll be jigg(2020) search twitter
m that tholes, owercomes. Nae maitter whit they dae, we’ll win oor(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
name isnae in use. It disnae maitter hou famous they ur, thur's ru(2020) search twitter

@GMacminto tweeted
tae haud at the na-sayin nae maitter whit ye say. But there's aye (2022) twitter link

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
"Jeest a maitter o a bittie siller. A hiv run on page 97
"Nae maitter! A'll tell aw ma maiks fae th on page 99

2 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
ae tell the hail trowth o the maitter; but wad he get a hearin? on page 80
for questionin on some ither maitter. Like the disappearance o Fer on page 82

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
This wisna sae much a maitter o principle wi Sandy: it wis on page 53

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
yont wad mak o it was anither maitter; but mony, he suspeckit, mich on page 30

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
Bit at didna maitter tae him, o course. A that mai on page 35

1 matches

Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
she wisna gaun awa again, nae maitter foo nae weel she got. It made on page 18

1 matches

Faffe, Christina Tales Fae The Doric Side - A Special Licht, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Nae maitter if ye're soakin weet. on page 81

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
're a gypit aul twit, for nae maitter fit on page 15

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
tsyde thi hairber, an tae mak maitter's wurse, thi tyde weis gan ba on page 12
ot ower thi big pot. Tae maak maitter's wurse thi smell a burnen we on page 32
heed doon we shaim. Fit maid maitter's wurse fur ma, Jock chucket on page 34

3 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
An were they true? Dis't maitter?r They shape ye as ye shape t on page 10

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"So? It disna maitter. Jist pit it doon." on page 51
r hurlin in the car. It widna maitter iv he actually sleepit in ony on page 63
kin aboot an at's a differint maitter athegither. The stuff cud bi on page 71

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ye foo te use't, so it winna maitter if Ah'm ere or no - ye can c on page 20
It disna maitter far Ah am, on page 24
"Fit's the maitter, Barbara?" on page 80

3 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
A maitter o pride for her faither on page 9
Sae nae maitter foo often ye'd put on page 31

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"It disna maitter fit ye dee es lang es ye dee' on page 31
ve skirt. Och, bit fit dis it maitter? Ah'm only an aul wifie fa si on page 44

2 matches

Strachan, Shane The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - An Eggs-traordinar Egg, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
e richt, but mebbe that disna maitter muckle? His egg wis shairly a on page 27

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
niver be bettered tho, in the maitter o stories. on page 51

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
a faister an faister; bit nae maitter foo fast he played, that bugg on page 88

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
he wid spik tae onybody, nae maitter ye were a Catholic, a Protest on page 107
nt stracht to the hairt o the maitter. "Na, Dod," he said, wi a wee on page 108

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
Gey queer ideas, tee. An nae maitter foo queer, eence they're in, on page 72
weed aboot it. 'Och, it disna maitter, Myrtle. It's jist a wee bit on page 77

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
at him an aa. “Fit’s the maitter, Ab-,” she began, an bit he
1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
Gweed, sae mony a releegious maitter was teen throw-han, fan we wa
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ies, or onythin else fur that maitter. Isie luikit Minnie up an doo
worry their heids wi the sma maitter o buits. It wis ower late noo
r mile haik tae the kirk. Nae maitter foo coorse the weather they m
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
o the maist dis-health in the maitter o free meevement ben the toun
ther the nicht afore ower the maitter o Jed. Neil Duguid hid bin in
An ye're ay my ain bairn, nae maitter foo auld ye are. I wad wauk t
ver fand oot the truith o the maitter? Fit wid his weel-heeled fait
said nae mair wis heard o the maitter..the British didna tribble th
5 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
The maitter wis closed for only a couple
wrecked greenhoose. Within a maitter o months it wis lookin better
2 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
“Nae maitter. Oo cuidnae stey leukin it ga
“Nae maitter. A’ll clim doon an gie the
2 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
nae maitter hoo fiercely
nae maitter hoo muckle we priggit,
nae maitter whit.
the miles atween hardly maitter.
Nae maitter whit the gaen-oot micht revea
6 matches

Hutchison, Pat Mrs Clushet o Faaldydykes, (McStorytellers.com 2018) Doric - Banffshire, prose
sna comin doon w’t ana. Nae maitter he’d nae the time tae be na
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ivver comes tae the door, nae maitter faa they are dinna for onysak
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
d fleein at him it wiz only a maitter o time afore he got hit and t
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
“It didna maitter really, did it ma, me nae bei
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
afe Maud an doesnae share nae maitter fit mony hints! http://t.co/U(2015) search twitter
k me aet ony mair turkey, nae maitter fit ye disguise it as!(2016) search twitter
es an tablets, tell those aat maitter tae ye aat ye lo'e tham, gie (2019) search twitter

Orkney

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
a dew - hits shön gien. Nae maitter whit A'm said an dön you pey on page 67
�d Man is fir wis whit dus it maitter wha or whit is fornenst wis? on page 161
dan nae maitter hoo göd I look on page 165

3 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ok oot a da croft wis truly a maitter a life an death. I wiss dey c on page 10
. I ken Domino is no deid, no maitter what Mam says, I ken he's sti on page 30
, an her graandmidder fur dat maitter, an dir nane a dem ony good. on page 37
I hedd da ness ta mysel. Nae maitter foo aften I come here, it aye on page 54

4 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
in firbye at languagedom is a maitter o whit wye fokk identifies: s on page 20
rticle is da an is øsed as a maitter o coorse mair on page 61

2 matches

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2017) Shetland
Hit doesna maitter foo you spell your wirds; we

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Whilk maitter that the saisons gang agley, on page 216

1 matches

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
either queestion, eet didnae maitter how she put eet. She felt lik on page 10
rcle, ("th exact shape disnae maitter," eet said,) an then aw th gr on page 26
weil enough; an whit dis eet maitter tae mei whether ee're a wee l on page 52
"Then eet disnae maitter which wei ee gaun," said th C on page 62
o sicht: "but eet disnae much maitter," thocht Ahlice, "as aw th ai on page 84
Also on pages 117, 118, 119, 120
9 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Whit dis it maitter ti him
1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
ir ain ethnicitie n’? Is ae maitter o fack, A wuid leifer speak m
bruikit, i yonner n’. Is ae maitter o fack,
hills tae thair hames. Is ae maitter o fack, yin kan leuk strecht
e pairish Post-Maister. Is ae maitter o fack, wei hed ae photo o Ta
�� Yid reponed, “ It disnae maitter, kis
6 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
ch, lair an lug intae it, nae maitter whae or whaur @handsupfortrad (2020) twitter link
irds in braid Scots leid, nae maitter gin yer taen on wi god or god(2020) search twitter
r fae Ah lugged onybdy yaise 'maitter' ?? @billykayscot @scotslangu(2020) search twitter

Ulster