I mean, even if you don't know what it means, does it even look offensive?
For the record it is a term that is always meant extremely affectionately - but in a platonic tense and means that you're lovely.
I'm not Scottish by the way - but - you wouldn't believe the amount of times we hear that. I'm a Mackem ... from the North East of England.
Canny can mean many things.
For instance ....
'Gan canny' means to be careful - as in ... gan canny, man, it's skitey (slippery/icy)
He's canny wi' his munny - tight/miser
Ahh, ant ye canny? You're a lovely person.
It was canny cauld/caad - it was so cold your eye lids froze shut the second you opened the door.
Canny bairn (yes, 'bairn' means child) can equally refer to adults as children, especially if someone's done you a big favour. (like give you lots of nice answers and thumbs up/stars).
You can all now confound those around you with a host of new sayings.
2007-05-17
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