Quick question - what is this called?

[nandos sonic sauce]

Call it pill Schofield if you found it in the broom cupboard

 

[Tadger]

I'd call it a woodlouse.

Hahaha you f***ing idiot.

I mean so would I but I assume this is a QI style "everything you know is wrong" type of thread.

 

[CPLforever]

Is canny not used differently in Scotland though? We use it to emphasise something, do Scots not use it instead of "can't" and spell it "cannae"?

Canny in Glasgow means clever or careful, especially with money

 

[Maverick Mackem]

Canny in Glasgow means clever or careful, especially with money

Thanks. I didn't know that. Surprising I haven't picked up on that as I watch Still Game over and over!

 

[CPLforever]

Thanks. I didn't know that. Surprising I haven't picked up on that as I watch Still Game over and over!

Oh and there's a whole load of stuff to get picked over in that.

 

[DaveH]

Canny in Glasgow means clever or careful, especially with money

I think that is used in parts of England too. But for us if someone was quite careful with money, they would be canny canny.

 

[Scorer]

I think some of the uses is the same. Though we use it to mean a few things, which is why I think it is a brilliant word.

It means a fair amount, "there is a canny bit of flooding in the garden after all this rain".
It means good, "That young lad looks like a canny player"
and it means cute, "Aww, doesn't that collie look canny?".

And to suggest cunning or shrewdness.

 

[KarenDent]

I think some of the uses is the same. Though we use it to mean a few things, which is why I think it is a brilliant word.

It means a fair amount, "there is a canny bit of flooding in the garden after all this rain".
It means good, "That young lad looks like a canny player"
and it means cute, "Aww, doesn't that collie look canny?".

Different amounts

Canny big
Canny small

Good lad /lass
Canny bairn

Take care
Gan canny

NEither great nor terrible
What did you think of the film? it was canny

 

[obrienobrien]

Forkytail..

 

[i am will]

P G Woodlouse

 

[Arkle]

Canny in Glasgow means clever or careful, especially with money

That's the general worldwide definition of canny, isn't it?

 

[CPLforever]

That's the general worldwide definition of canny, isn't it?

I always thought it meant nice or lovely. Like canny lad meaning nice lad or canny bairn meaning gorgeous baby

 

[Arkle]

I always thought it meant nice or lovely. Like canny lad meaning nice lad or canny bairn meaning gorgeous baby

That's in the north east. Everywhere else, it's the other meaning.

 

[CPLforever]

That's in the north east. Everywhere else, it's the other meaning.

Really. Now might pop over to the things I only just learned thread. I thought everywhere but Scotland canny meant nice.