In which region is the term mardy used?

[GreenBeanMcGee]

I keep seeing it on MN. It seems to mean grumpy but I'm curious to know in which areas/regions it's used?

TIA

Salford - being mard, being a mard arse e.g whiney but not as vocal or babyish as skriking. Also used for refusing to cooperate or join in with the wider group, a bit like accusing someone of being too chicken.
Having a cob on - being in a bad mood/grumpy.

Both the above are always used to describe other people, you'd never say it about yourself. Although you'd definitely say you weren't being mard if someone said you were.

As a child in South Yorkshire, I was Mardy and Maungy (whingy, whiny) when a game didn't go my way

South Yorkshire

Used in Yorkshire.

@TheGriffle

I’m in South Yorkshire and it’s commonly used here.

Yes I think it's a south Yorkshire word. Where I am from in West Yorkshire they say 'maungy'

@Pimpernella

For me - mardy is more sulky than grumpy.

Same. It's not really grumpy. That's more of a cob on.

Yorkshire

Manchester. When I was little, it was used a lot, but usually directed at children, because it meant spoilt, or making a fuss about nothing. And usually "mard", not so much "mardy." My mum's favourite phrase seemed to be "He's a right mard little bugger!"

I used to live in St Helens, heard it a lot there. Also heard 'mithering' a lot.

Seen it used in manchester and lancs. Grew up in west yorks, never heard it.

And used to mean a bit of a whimp.

I'm in Nottingham and we use mardy

@Anordinarymum agree re maungey in west yorks !

Yes here in Wales

S Yorks
Less so in West Yorks

I live on the boundary, and work in both counties.

@Indecisivelurcher

Understood here in Gloucestershire, but not that widely used. I think it's a bit more northern.

My Mum came from Sunderland, and she used it.

Notts

I'm from the East Midlands and mardy very much a thing. OH is from the NE and a thing for him

People in Oxfordshire didn't seem to understand

Oop north!

Lincolnshire!

Very common in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. See also: 'got my mardy cardy on.'

A quick Google says it was first recorded in leafy Rotherham so deffo a stolen Yorkshire word.

Remember how much bother was caused when Twerk was stolen?
Many many innocent conversations became an entirely different thing overnight, poor Rovverum was caught in that storm as well.

I'm from the wirral
We used it a lot in the 70s and 80s to mean whingy or whiney.
I've not used it in years!

Definitely Lincolnshire

See also "in a mard"

Used in Staffordshire