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Use in varieties of Scots

metter Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words16.5 3.6 33.2 69.6 5.8 0 70.8
Number of occurrences537 22 7 1 0 16
Number of authors26 4 9 6 1 6

Occurrences of metter in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
nae metter hoo we sought tae chairm ye. on page 17

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
as a metter o fact. on page 68

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
ught fifty pairs aa black Nae metter which pair went in the wash, on page 18
Disnae metter. Hamish couldna read when he on page 69
sna lettin her aff wi it, nae metter hoo much she wis greetin. She on page 85
But nae metter hoo much the Prince tried, he on page 89

4 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ak an interest in a bairn nae metter whit. Margaret smilet an nodd
1 matches

Doric

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
loch,' said Bella, in a quate metter o fact wey. on page 84

1 matches

Nicol, Paul Tales Fae The Doric Side - Her Hauns, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
hauns, huddin us igither nae metter fit. on page 24

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
cloods happin the hills Nae metter, Ill feenish ma roon tho it k on page 15

2 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
ee, or ony ither tree for att metter, fan ye see their leaves begi on page 115

1 matches

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
Yer thi judge! Min, fit's thi metter?" on page 16

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
An it really disna metter if on page 131
Nae metter far ye've been, ye'll see we' on page 134
It disna really metter fit chords I play on page 173

5 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Weel it wisnae rainin, as a metter o fact the day turned oot lik
it wis Jonsar Eck)" It disnae metter fan you get your
up in his school holidays. As metter o fact he wis
Mary Flooer sayin. "It disnae metter ere is plenty mair
ll. It's signed the day, as a metter o fact
5 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
meal. It didnae metter fa came in aboot, they wid be
It didnae metter if it wis a salesman sellin b
metter o fact the mair fowk the bett
metter o fact if you went roon tae t
4 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
nd on em eether? Aa weel, nae metter. Margit, e allest didna like
1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
sjournal @officialmoz fits 'e metter wi a wee thochty o' coo's ers(2017) search twitter

Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
whit fur - dis hid metter? on page 5

1 matches

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
e said niver trust a bull, no metter hoo paecable he seems tae be, on page 21

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
No metter hoo clever. on page 4

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
No metter hoo celestial the model on page 12

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
My whut's the metter, bern? on page 34

1 matches

Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2017) Orkney
tween subjects and that disno metter. This is a gaethereen task. W

@peediepuss tweeted
lost in it. Hid disno really metter hoo many you find, hid's the (2020) search twitter

Shetland

Walterson, Barbara Da Trow o’ Fogla Skerry, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
reed across his fis. But in a metter o seconds, I could hear nothi
1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
wer ither question, it didnae metter much what wye shae putt it, s on page 10
tae the eonclusion that, nae metter whur yae go tae on the Ingles on page 21
the exact shape disnae really metter," it said), an thin the hale on page 27
cannae dae onie mair noo, nae metter what heppens. A wunner what'l on page 35
t weel enuch, an what daes it metter tae mae whather yae'r a or a on page 53
Also on pages 63, 85, 118, 119, 120, 122
11 matches

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
on the hale country. Fer that metter, the notion o TV takin ower f on page 46

1 matches

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
It disnae viry much metter, yil' bae car'ied bak' agaen on page 42

1 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
or a Wii an it's a different metter aathegither, but a weechile n on page 30

1 matches

Cartmill, Claire Three score years an ten, (Ballymoney and Moyle Times 2014) Ulster, newspaper
a swing the heilan fling, nae metter hoo A try.
1 matches

Gillen, Charles Whun A’ The Kye Had Names, (Ullans Press 2005) Ulster, poetry
y years on things that daenae metter,
1 matches

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