Is this a Scottish saying?

[Ann In the UK]

I've heard both expressions down here. And little fingers have always been called pinkie's haven't they?

[ninatoo]

Nobody uses it in Australia but my Scottish Mum says it a lot. (I am also Scottish, but had the accent knocked out of me - not literally.)

[Russell]

Hi Anne H

I have just e-mailed the Webmaster of Discover Scotland.
He had me in a richt stushie ca'in' words lik 'Crabbit', ''drookit', 'crabbit', Slang words. Ah'd gie him a richt dunt on the crown if ah kent whaur the puddock wis hidin'.
There's a good Scots Dialect Dictionary compiled by Alexander Warrack that they could refer to before they make statements like that. [especially if he claims to be Scots or of Scots descent.]

Rant over

Russell

[Anne H]

Give him what he deserves, Russell.

Regards,
Anne H

[joette]

Thanks for all your opinions I'm leaning towards it being Scottish idiom.
Pinkie is certainly something I've heard used in nScotland & the US but not much in England.
Russell your Omans in Caithness? Any connection to David Oman McKay? His Father was from Thurso before emigrating to US in the mid 1800's?

[Ina]

That phrase was certainly used by mother many times when I was growing up in Scotland.

Ina

[Russell]

Hi Joette

No Oman link to the McKays on my side. My lot were from Halkirk (Huckirk) and moved first to Wick(Week) then to Edinburgh. I have mislaid a George b1791, an Isaac b 1796 and a Daniel b 1801, all in Halkirk.
If you find any links give me a shout will you ? They were in Pigott's Directory for Wick in 1837 then disappeared from sight.
The brackets are enclosing the local pronunciation

Russell

[Falkyrn]

There is quite a good Scots Language Dictionary available online at
http://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/index.html

[Russell]

Thanks Falkyrn

I had used that link quite a few times but lost it when my computer crashed.

Russell

[StewL]

a bit laate with the reply but I heard my mother use it many times, like Ninatoo I had my accent knocked out of me when I came aff the boat