When I watched a movie in English, I heard a man say “it don't matter”.
What does it don't matter mean?
Does it sound similar to it doesn't matter?
Answer
“It don’t matter” and “it doesn’t matter” are semantically equivalent.
“It don’t matter” goes against prescriptive grammar, but it is an extremely common usage in casual registers and various dialects.
You might choose this phrase to intentionally indicate a casual view of something, either sincerely or sarcastically. It probably gets a lot of use because people saying it are trying to communicate that something doesn’t matter, and that’s best done in a way that demonstrates lack of interest (in rules).
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