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What does mardi/mardy/mardie mean?
This morning on Radio One Chris Moyles referred to the Conway Sisters or Colon Sisters as he calls them as mardy/mardie/mardi. What does this mean please? I'm not a native and am still unfamiliar with some of the local colloquialisms.
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This morning on Radio One Chris Moyles referred to the Conway Sisters or Colon Sisters as he calls them as mardy/mardie/mardi. What does this mean please? I'm not a native and am still unfamiliar with some of the local colloquialisms.
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I think it means something along the lines of having a strop and getting angry...
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I think it's some kind of Yorkshire dialect and means moody, sulky and stroppy...
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This term derives from the Czech word robota, meaning ‘drudgery’,
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Yep, basically having a tantrum. I think it's more of a midlands thing?
"I took away my child's toy and he had a mardy on".
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I think its along the lines of moody, sour faced and huffy (thats how I'd describe the Conways
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We use it a lot where I live - round here it means "moody, miserable, sulky".
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Thanks guys, I figured in the context that he used it that he wasn't being particularly flattering but I wanted to know exactly what it meant.
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yeah I've heard the expression in Manchester, like 'Mardy Cow', meaning moody girl....
I was shocked when I first heard it, as I'm from scotland, someone had to explain it's a commonly used term |
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I think it's some kind of Yorkshire dialect and means moody, sulky and stroppy...
I am a Yorkshire Lass and thats exactly what we mean when we say someone is mardy!!
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Yep SR you got it spot on!
I am a Yorkshire Lass and thats exactly what we mean when we say someone is mardy!! ![]()
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yeah I've heard the expression in Manchester, like 'Mardy Cow', meaning moody girl....
I was shocked when I first heard it, as I'm from scotland, someone had to explain it's a commonly used term
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Originally Posted by Fenixx
"Mardy cow" is my favourite way of using it.
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"Mardy cow" is my favourite way of using it.
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I think it's some kind of Yorkshire dialect and means moody, sulky and stroppy...
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I am originally a manchester lass but I am living in nottinghamshire now mardy to me is like a cry baby, can't tollerate pain ie if my husband get say like a splinter in his finger and he is being an utter man and making a drama of it, I would say stop being mardy.
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What an interesting thread.
In my part of the world, mardy - spelt maerdy - literally translates as the mayors house - and is used to describe someone who is 'up themselves'. I wondered if there was a welsh connection elsewhere and found thishttp://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A769250 |
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well I'm a Yorkshire lass too, and mardy in local usage does mean as somebody already said, moody, miserable, and sulky. My favourite usage is
"MARDY ARSE!!!!" lol
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I am a Yorkshire Lass and thats exactly what we mean when we say someone is mardy!!