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The word 'matters'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
mattersOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.23023
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 70.3 2 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 1
GLA - Glasgow 27.3 6 5
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 1
LAL - General Central 9.3 7 6
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of matters in Corpus

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North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
"Id matters a good deal till me," sade Al on page 51
"What matters id how far we go?" his scaly on page 97

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
family. Travel and financial matters on page 36

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ce when dealing with delicate matters such as organ donation, espec
1 matches

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
tae stray fae the point. Whit matters is the facts as they were rep
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
s, a realisation that society matters. Canna help seeing it as a co (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

Allan, Alasdair Lallans 102 - Defenestration, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
ellin him noo. "Not that that matters much, in the bigger picture o on page 88

1 matches

Gilmour, Rosie Fareweel tae Wallyford, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
Whit matters noo is that we cairry thon st
1 matches

West Central

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
t cams oot oan the paper that matters tae theym.
o it soons in yer ain heid as matters. Nane o’ it’s wrang. Weâ€
2 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
-legged best pal. Nuttin else matters, eh? cos if he gits a whiff t
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
’s no as if Bruce is helpin matters wae his overstated reaction e
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
tae the yin person who really matters in hale situation though, Bru
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
s oot ae sight: "S'no like it matters onywey," thought Alice, "aw t on page 84

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
. That wis proof that aw that matters at the end o the day is the s on page 7

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
But matters like yer burstin heids, as la on page 61

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
is gone. The only thing that matters is doon.
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Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
preoccupied wi mer important matters wen wae met. A wiz watchin ya
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
seriously, so ah dae. Family matters an that. We look oot fur each
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
"It matters a lot tae me," said Alison sm on page 44

2 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
ducation (1995). Multilingual Matters. Clevedon on page 24

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
appit in buiks like Why Scots Matters bi Derrick McClure an The Mit on page 57

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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
a good ? and that's all that matters.(2020)

@g_hibby tweeted
oying yersel' Chick, aw' that matters... Keep yersel' safe.. ?? (2023) twitter link

@jax6754 tweeted
if you like it thats awe that matters! Huggggss fae Scotland! x(2014)
ence it's what you think that matters most! Do what YOU CAN do! X(2015)

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
nna tell this yin at my Music Matters sessions. Haha ??(2019)

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
y now but still here where it matters. It's in @scotslanguage and u(2020)

General Ulster

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
il tha wabsteid 'Bilingualism Matters' (Twa-leid skeel recks gyely) on page 9

1 matches

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