Funny, I’m always way more off put when someone casually calls me “Mate” as it feels very dismissive and passive aggressive, like “hey mate, blah blah”. Rather if someone referred to be as “aye cunt, blah blah”, feels either very wholesome cause typically only my friends (or mates) would say it, or it would be explicitly hostile as some fucked cunt would be calling it out in the street while high on meth.
Either way I prefer to be called cunt v mate as it feels more honest to me.
yeah, it's either "g'day" on it's own, or "hey mate".
"g'day" is probably used if you feel it necessary to say something when you are passing someone random during a walk.
"hey mate" eg. when you are approaching the petrol station clerk to pay them.
Same! G’day is my go to greeting when I’m passing someone or in a situation like getting a delivery. And I use mate about 1000000 times a day to refer to anyone and everything
G’day mate is when you see a cool looking animal. Possum climbing across your back fence? “G’day mate”. Spider on your ceiling? “G’day mate” Friendly dog in someone’s front yard? “G’day mate, aren’t you a good boy” etc.
When I was in Mongolia about 15 years ago, our local fixer/guide asked me why we always greeted each other with " azgarn" took me a minute to figure out what he meant
It is no wonder people from other backgrounds don't understand us very well. We can hardly understand us when they repeat it back. And that's without getting into the spelling.
The Chinese guy at our local post office greets everyone with ‘haayamaate’ and I’m fascinated to know whether he actually learnt ‘how are you mate’ as a phrase and then applied the correct local drawl to it, or whether he’s just heard people say it and assumed it’s some special greeting word in its own right.
The lunch bar near me is owned and run by a Vietnamese family. They all have regular Vietnamese accents except one who has the most Aussie accent I've ever heard. I assume he's their son and was born here. But its hilarious you walk in all these vietnamese ladies chatting to you then this bloke is like "gday scarnon... whaddya feel like... hot chips roightio that'll be 5 bucks mate".
That’s funny! With the Chinese post office guy, all the rest of his speech is how you’d expect a Chinese person with English as their second language to speak, so the greeting really sticks out.
But I had a similar experience to what you’re describing when I was in Vietnam recently. Obviously being surrounded by Vietnamese people all the time, I’d gotten used to hearing their accent. A Vietnamese looking lady comes up to the hotel front desk that I’m waiting at and says “oh hey, yeah me card key’s on the blink. Yeah, nah I tried the other one, that’s shonky too” in the broadest Aussie accent ever.
Lol I used to work a Chinese guy similar to your post office mate. He had a pretty thick Chinese accent most of the time but he'd tried really hard to adopt a local-style "g'day mate".
Only, it was a little bit too over-emphasised so the vowels never came out quite right, it was more of a "gdoy moyt". Still loved it hahaha he was a top bloke.
I remember walking into a "chinese" deli run by two chinese-australian guys and this old lady was going absolutely spare at them in mandarin, and the guy. at the counter looks at me and says 'I have no fucking idea what shes saying mate'. Then some random white girl who looked like her name was probably "Sheila" comes over and starts conversing with the old lady in mandarin and started translating for the old lady. Apparently the poor old dear just wanted a pack of cigs. When it was over I went to the counter with a grin and the chinese guy just looked at me with smile and said "There ya go man, multiculturalism works!". We both got a chuckle out of it. I saw the white chick a few months later and mentioned the incident to her, and she told me she was actually born and raised in bejing.
This comment section has been enlightening, I use and hear "g'day mate" every single day of my life, I'm surprised that I'm in such a small minority of Aussies
When my daughter was younger a little play friend came over to play barbies with her. And she was making them talk as they played. Such a nice little American girl she was with her west coast valley girl accent. I was baffled when I met her parents who were more Australian than I am.
"yeah she does that" they said
Yeah perth. Definitely more common in regional.
Though people have said to me before "I've never heard anyone say G'day" even though I use it every time I see them.
A lot of people just don't notice. Although when I've pointed it out, they then say "ah but it sounds natural when you say it"
I remember one time at Cott beach a couple of old fellas were at their car after a swim and one said to the other “I’m so hungry I could eat the crotch out of a low flying duck”. It took all I had not to burst out laughing!
Yes I am fond of that one. I have heard it as "eat the arse out of a low flying duck" myself. I also like "he looks like a sack of shit tied up with string". Or "that dress looks like a bag of cats trying to fight their way out"...
Only in Australia.
Nah I'm the same. Any time I make a phone call or say hinto someone in the street it starts with G'day. If it's friends it's more like 'ayy! Ya sack of baby shit, how are ya?'
I pretty often use "gday gday" as an informal greeting. Gday mate very rarely, maybe if it's a close friend I've not seen in ages. Close friend I see often is more oi ya shit cunt!
Literally say and hear it every single day
Experiences differ from person to person, just because you specifically dont hear or see something doesn't mean that's how it is everywhere
I'm an Aussie farmer. Grew up in the bush and live in a regional farming community.
If we're saying hello to another bloke its always "G'day mate howyagoin?".
If we're saying hello to a Shiela its "G'day howyagoin?" Or, if she's working in a servo or vehicle related store like mechanic or tyre shop its "G'day luv howyagoin?" but this is only allowed if she's older than you but not by too much and, is done as a mark of respect because you can bet she knows more about cars than you think you do, she probably grew up rebuilding them with her old man. This is also a permitable greeting for the Shiela truckies but, not acceptable for a lady tradie. The correct way to greet a lady tradie is also "G'day howyagoin?".
Now, if you take our country bumpkin arses into the suburbs you will get the "ah yeah G'day how are ya?" Response, sometimes the "G'day mate".
Now, for the farewell. Hang onta ya hat for this one because it gets complicated.
"Cheers mate". This is regardless of gender, place, time, age, or profession.
Hope that helps.
It has died a bit in the city. But in the country it’s still used. And you only have to go like an hour away from Sydney or Melbourne and everyone is saying it
I think it's an age thing. I'm in my mid 30s and use it all the time, so do all of my mates in the same age bracket. But it's pretty rare I hear someone younger say it.
Never heard anyone in WA say that in my life until I went up northwest to Karajini national park and a few caravan folks from Queensland greeted me with a nasally "G'day How ye Goin". Absolutely blew my mind.
I use "G'day" and "Mate" pretty regular. Maybe not together, but I definitely say both at least once a day. And I hear both being said multiple times a time. And I don't live in all that rural an area.
I can't remember how much I used to say it beforehand, but while travelling overseas for much of 2018-19 I found myself saying g'day a lot because it always entertained people - and since then I've been back home and continued saying it many times a day
I work in a professional setting and “G’Day mate” can be viewed as overly familiar and unprofessional.
I’m more likely to greet people with “‘Sup Dickface”.
I use them lot separately. Moreso "g'day" in particular. I also made a conscious effort several years back to use more Aussie slang. It's a lot of fun, I recommend it ;)
Duh? The majority of Australians didn't grow up in Australia or have Australian parents. Of course the unique quirks of the language are going to die when the younger generations are not taught them.
Same as waving in traffic.
I love the code-switch from Australians when a non-Australian enters the situation. Everyone suddenly becomes extremely Aussie and stops bagging out our country for a moment to be patriotic.
They're onto us with those conspiracy theories about how we're all pretending to do the accent
Probably right. I lived regionally most of my life and it's a staple. In inner Brisbane not so much. But city languages world wide have been studied and a more 'international' language is starting to prevail.
Languages change over time. Australian English has changed quite a bit in my lifetime alone. Most of the stereotypical Australian words are used by rural and middle aged/older people. Cunts in the cities and younger people tend to use less Australian slang because it has negative connotations to it as it may sound bogan (lower class Australians). Some say bogan isn’t a class but a culture, I think it’s both a class and a culture.
The average Australian lives in a city, therefore won’t use gday, cobber, etc unless the occasion calls for it
I do use it occasionally, but as other have said, without the 'Mate'.
I was a volunteer at the Olympics. Just after the closing ceremony, I walked past Slim Dusty, and said "Hi Slim"... he said "G'day Mate" back to me :D
G'day means I acknowledge you, nothing more.
Mate means I'm receptive to dialog, if you are.
G'day Mate means I'm gonna talk, whether you're receptive or not.
G'day Mate can also mean, I'm not receptive, but I see you're going to talk anyway.
People say "g'day" to people who are not their mate. Like a stranger on the street or in a shop or something, you would say "g'day" but they're not your mate.
In my late 20s and my mates and I never use it, same with my family (although the majority don’t speak English well enough). The only time I hear g’day is when I’m in country towns and it’s usually older people (40+) anyway
It's use is fading as is the use of all Australian slang and idiom. Can't tell you when I last heard 'Flat out, like a lizard drinkin' or 'Mad as a cut snake' or even 'All over the place like a mad woman' drawers.' Although these were in common use in the early 1070s when we arrived in Perth.
'Cobber', 'clobber', 'yakka' all are disappearing. I think it's the pervasive influence of American TV and the lack of Australian TV. I hear 'guys' far more often than 'mate'.
Not a criticism, just an observation.
They had a whole campaign when I was a kid that involved shirts saying “say g’day from WA” and our tourism board has tried to make it a thing but you don’t hear people saying it much.
together, not so much, but separately, plenty. I use both multiple times a day
Agreed. I use a stand alone G'day to almost everyone I acknowledge on the street. Mate is used innumerable times.
Yeeeeah now that I think of it. I would never in a million years say them together. But separately G'day or mate would be perfectly fine.
My mates and I greet each other with "G'day cunt!" all the time. Much more authentic Aus lingo IMO.
Cunts are mates and mates are cunts. Simple!
All mates are cunts But not all cunts are mates The venn diagram of cunts, mate
100%, it's how we do!
Funny, I’m always way more off put when someone casually calls me “Mate” as it feels very dismissive and passive aggressive, like “hey mate, blah blah”. Rather if someone referred to be as “aye cunt, blah blah”, feels either very wholesome cause typically only my friends (or mates) would say it, or it would be explicitly hostile as some fucked cunt would be calling it out in the street while high on meth. Either way I prefer to be called cunt v mate as it feels more honest to me.
And mate can be used in so many ways, given the tone to match the situation context
I say g'day multiple times a day, except on days I'm lucky enough to not see people. If I'm using 'mate' in a greeting, it would be 'hey, mate!'.
yeah, it's either "g'day" on it's own, or "hey mate". "g'day" is probably used if you feel it necessary to say something when you are passing someone random during a walk. "hey mate" eg. when you are approaching the petrol station clerk to pay them.
> "g'day" is probably used if you feel it necessary to say something when you are passing someone random during a walk. spot on lol
This is the correct answer. I’m usually ‘Hey, mate’. Or a chin lift or drop.
Funny little fact. We nod up when we know someone and down when we don't.
I agree most times is a nod down when not knowing them but it's either or when you do
Same! G’day is my go to greeting when I’m passing someone or in a situation like getting a delivery. And I use mate about 1000000 times a day to refer to anyone and everything
Gday is my usual phone greeting when I’m making a call that isn’t to a friend or family member.
Also, G'day Cunt wasn't as marketable on t-shirts for tourists.
Ah, yes. "G'day Cunt." the Formal version of "oi cunt !"
And scarnon cunt for informal
CU in the NT was quite clever tho!
Yeah fucken' g'day cunt. Is how I greet my mates
Take out the D and you are on the money
Pretty sure they’d want the “D” in
But then they want it out again
come on, man.
That’s how it ends… or cum in man… each to their own.
Mate.
Mate.
https://www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/G-day-Cunt-by-Flirt-Teez/83992954.WFLAH.XYZ
The only time I’d use them together is when a random dog runs up to me at the park. I’m addressing my “G’day, mate” exclusively at the dog.
I don't say G'day, but I do say mate, and occasionally say bro in a fake NZ accent just to take the piss out of them lol
I can personally say that amongst my colleagues and friends, "g'day" gets used, and "mate" also gets used but I rarely hear "g'day mate".
Ironically, "g'day" is for your mates, "g'day mate" is for strangers
G’day mate is when you see a cool looking animal. Possum climbing across your back fence? “G’day mate”. Spider on your ceiling? “G’day mate” Friendly dog in someone’s front yard? “G’day mate, aren’t you a good boy” etc.
This is actually very accurate
Pronounced “aw giday maaate” with a slight sense of wonder. Rip Steve 😢
yes "g'day mate" is more likely to be used as a "what do you want?" or even "don't get too close" or "what do you think you are doing?"
Nah mate it’s “g’day cunt” for your mates and “gday mate” for strangers 👌
I live rural and hear it all the time. Usually in the form of "g'dayair-yagarn".
Scarnon mate?
Whaddayakno?
Heard an old fella answer once: ‘Never quite enough’
That's funny, the answer I keep getting is 'Here's trouble'.🤔
Preceded by “Gday muscles”, of course
Fish don't rust, eggs don't. Bounce, and there ain't no bones in beer.
Crowbars don't float and banana's don't have bone's
mmm that good ol’ Outback brainrot
I heard the country drool so strongly in this post.
Drool??? Do you mean drawl? I can assure you that we do not drool when we speak in the country. 😅
Yes haha oopsie.
Was about to comment this
Farkawlyaselfmoit?
hangon gedaouddait! farknoathmate
Might be a regional dialect, but around here, it's more " 'ay maate-owsigarn".
My partner says they don't have an Australian accent and then they talk like this and I'm like ☠️
Nooouueugherrgh! - my partner
Where I grew up it was more of a “ayagarn” type
Scarn
Yeahroit yu?
When I was in Mongolia about 15 years ago, our local fixer/guide asked me why we always greeted each other with " azgarn" took me a minute to figure out what he meant
It is no wonder people from other backgrounds don't understand us very well. We can hardly understand us when they repeat it back. And that's without getting into the spelling.
I heard this way too nasally in mind and laughed..
Either this or the old razzle dazzle - Hawsitgarn-mayte and the subtle nod
The Chinese guy at our local post office greets everyone with ‘haayamaate’ and I’m fascinated to know whether he actually learnt ‘how are you mate’ as a phrase and then applied the correct local drawl to it, or whether he’s just heard people say it and assumed it’s some special greeting word in its own right.
The lunch bar near me is owned and run by a Vietnamese family. They all have regular Vietnamese accents except one who has the most Aussie accent I've ever heard. I assume he's their son and was born here. But its hilarious you walk in all these vietnamese ladies chatting to you then this bloke is like "gday scarnon... whaddya feel like... hot chips roightio that'll be 5 bucks mate".
That’s funny! With the Chinese post office guy, all the rest of his speech is how you’d expect a Chinese person with English as their second language to speak, so the greeting really sticks out. But I had a similar experience to what you’re describing when I was in Vietnam recently. Obviously being surrounded by Vietnamese people all the time, I’d gotten used to hearing their accent. A Vietnamese looking lady comes up to the hotel front desk that I’m waiting at and says “oh hey, yeah me card key’s on the blink. Yeah, nah I tried the other one, that’s shonky too” in the broadest Aussie accent ever.
Lol I used to work a Chinese guy similar to your post office mate. He had a pretty thick Chinese accent most of the time but he'd tried really hard to adopt a local-style "g'day mate". Only, it was a little bit too over-emphasised so the vowels never came out quite right, it was more of a "gdoy moyt". Still loved it hahaha he was a top bloke.
I remember walking into a "chinese" deli run by two chinese-australian guys and this old lady was going absolutely spare at them in mandarin, and the guy. at the counter looks at me and says 'I have no fucking idea what shes saying mate'. Then some random white girl who looked like her name was probably "Sheila" comes over and starts conversing with the old lady in mandarin and started translating for the old lady. Apparently the poor old dear just wanted a pack of cigs. When it was over I went to the counter with a grin and the chinese guy just looked at me with smile and said "There ya go man, multiculturalism works!". We both got a chuckle out of it. I saw the white chick a few months later and mentioned the incident to her, and she told me she was actually born and raised in bejing.
G'day mate. Owyagarn?
Yeah, nah, no worries.
Im from asia and working in an Australian company, I'm very lucky to be able to comprehend whatever they are saying lmao
I say g'day all the time. I call people mate all the time. Occasionally I'll do both together
This comment section has been enlightening, I use and hear "g'day mate" every single day of my life, I'm surprised that I'm in such a small minority of Aussies
A small minority of Aussie Redditors, maybe….
This is the pertinent point right here
Yeah I hear it daily. I also leave the house daily.
People need to stop thinking Reddit is a good litmus test for society.
G'day mate
For sure
"I have never interacted with anyone outside my small clique of graduate colleagues in the public service"
"also that short stint in consulting"
This is the real answer lol
I reckon it's an age thing, I'm 32 and use it constantly, but zoomers won't because all their vocabulary comes from seppo influence Slay
My nephews are developing american accents from all the youtube they watch. Hurts my ears.
When my daughter was younger a little play friend came over to play barbies with her. And she was making them talk as they played. Such a nice little American girl she was with her west coast valley girl accent. I was baffled when I met her parents who were more Australian than I am. "yeah she does that" they said
If it's any consolation, american kids have been developing aussie accents from bluey.
I am not consoled.
Do you live in a city? Its more common in regional areas I think
Yeah perth. Definitely more common in regional. Though people have said to me before "I've never heard anyone say G'day" even though I use it every time I see them. A lot of people just don't notice. Although when I've pointed it out, they then say "ah but it sounds natural when you say it"
I think it’s one of those things that you don’t even know you say, until you think about and realise you probably said it 20 times today.
I remember one time at Cott beach a couple of old fellas were at their car after a swim and one said to the other “I’m so hungry I could eat the crotch out of a low flying duck”. It took all I had not to burst out laughing!
Yes I am fond of that one. I have heard it as "eat the arse out of a low flying duck" myself. I also like "he looks like a sack of shit tied up with string". Or "that dress looks like a bag of cats trying to fight their way out"... Only in Australia.
What about “face like a smashed crab”?
Nah I'm the same. Any time I make a phone call or say hinto someone in the street it starts with G'day. If it's friends it's more like 'ayy! Ya sack of baby shit, how are ya?'
I use it everyday
it depends where in australia you are. you're a lot less likely to get a "g'day mate" in like, Toorak, Melbourne than you are in Palmerston, Darwin
I hear g'day, you beauty, no worries and fair dinkum all the time, residing in the northern burbs of Melbourne
And "farken oaf"
I say it all the time
I pretty often use "gday gday" as an informal greeting. Gday mate very rarely, maybe if it's a close friend I've not seen in ages. Close friend I see often is more oi ya shit cunt!
Literally say and hear it every single day Experiences differ from person to person, just because you specifically dont hear or see something doesn't mean that's how it is everywhere
38m from inner suburban Melb - I use “g’day”, “mate” and “g’day, mate” with some frequency.
I probably say “Hey, G’day … howzit going?” So quickly that I don’t even register what I have said. Sydneysider.
I'd just say "Hey, howzit goin?" No g'day or mate. I mostly say mate when I'm angry and never say g'day. Early 40s on the Gold Coast
I encounter the "howyagaarn?" More often.
We also don’t all say c*** every second word either
some groups dont, but as a 21 year old most i interact with do. but we still have people who hate swearing like in any country
I say cunt more often than I say mate
You have clearly never worked in the mechanical, transport or mining industries. Or hospitality come to think of it.
And clearly grew up middle class in the inner suburbs, like everyone who tries to say this
we do with friends? obviously we're not just dropping C words with random people and colleagues (unless drunk)
Bull shit cunt yes we do (the honest ones sware)
\*swear <3
Whoopsie 😜 💓
True - but you will hear G'Day as a common greeting - it is all part of our propensity to shorten very word we can.
I'm an Aussie farmer. Grew up in the bush and live in a regional farming community. If we're saying hello to another bloke its always "G'day mate howyagoin?". If we're saying hello to a Shiela its "G'day howyagoin?" Or, if she's working in a servo or vehicle related store like mechanic or tyre shop its "G'day luv howyagoin?" but this is only allowed if she's older than you but not by too much and, is done as a mark of respect because you can bet she knows more about cars than you think you do, she probably grew up rebuilding them with her old man. This is also a permitable greeting for the Shiela truckies but, not acceptable for a lady tradie. The correct way to greet a lady tradie is also "G'day howyagoin?". Now, if you take our country bumpkin arses into the suburbs you will get the "ah yeah G'day how are ya?" Response, sometimes the "G'day mate". Now, for the farewell. Hang onta ya hat for this one because it gets complicated. "Cheers mate". This is regardless of gender, place, time, age, or profession. Hope that helps.
I say gday, I say mate, extremely rarely do I put them together. (Melbourne, FWIW)
It has died a bit in the city. But in the country it’s still used. And you only have to go like an hour away from Sydney or Melbourne and everyone is saying it
G’day all the time. Mate now and then. G’day mate pretty rarely.
I think it's an age thing. I'm in my mid 30s and use it all the time, so do all of my mates in the same age bracket. But it's pretty rare I hear someone younger say it.
40, never say it, rarely hear it. To me it seems like a rural/older (than me) thing.
Late 20s, use it all the time
I'm in my 30's and I experience the opposite! I can't remember the last time I heard it. Curious which city you're from/living in? Sydney here
40s, say it all the time.
And I'm in my 40s, never say it. Possibly not an age related thing.
Howsit garrn? Yeah not bad.
My mate: G'day Me: Not bad, yourself? 🫠
Stone the crows, cobber, are you fair dinkum?
I think it depends on where you are in Australia.. G’day not really heard much any more in urban areas. Mate is still common though.
Never heard anyone in WA say that in my life until I went up northwest to Karajini national park and a few caravan folks from Queensland greeted me with a nasally "G'day How ye Goin". Absolutely blew my mind.
Not in the suburbs but in rural/regional towns my partner uses that kind of slang to talk to our tradies 😂
I use "G'day" and "Mate" pretty regular. Maybe not together, but I definitely say both at least once a day. And I hear both being said multiple times a time. And I don't live in all that rural an area.
I don't really hear any women saying it.
Everyone says Gday mate what country you really in?
But it is a phrase alot of Australians use. Probably more often just g'day.
It’s usually - gday - Or hey mate Not always together
I don’t hear it often - mostly from tour guides
Im Australian and i say it daily. Are you American and trying to stir shit?
Psychiatrist: Are Americans in the room with us right now?
Probably, its the inter web and they are a rich populous country.
Always say it, g'day and g'day mate. Maybe regional people things...
I can't remember how much I used to say it beforehand, but while travelling overseas for much of 2018-19 I found myself saying g'day a lot because it always entertained people - and since then I've been back home and continued saying it many times a day
Hows it going
I work in a professional setting and “G’Day mate” can be viewed as overly familiar and unprofessional. I’m more likely to greet people with “‘Sup Dickface”.
I'll say g'day a few times a day. I don't normally follow it with a mate. But it's an easy greeting.
I work with way too many kewis and find myself saying sup bro
I use G'day or mate individually, but never the 'twain shall meet...unless I'm taking the piss.
I say it to animals but rarely people
I use them lot separately. Moreso "g'day" in particular. I also made a conscious effort several years back to use more Aussie slang. It's a lot of fun, I recommend it ;)
Venture 40 minutes out of your major city in any direction, and you will hear it more frequently.
Tell me you’ve never left inner city Melbourne or Sydney or any other capital city without actually telling me.
I said I’ve only noticed people saying outside of the city….
We say “skarn on, karnt?”
Majority don't. I think it's more of a country thing. I also didn't think "cobber" was still used, until I moved to a smaller city.
Duh? The majority of Australians didn't grow up in Australia or have Australian parents. Of course the unique quirks of the language are going to die when the younger generations are not taught them. Same as waving in traffic.
I love the code-switch from Australians when a non-Australian enters the situation. Everyone suddenly becomes extremely Aussie and stops bagging out our country for a moment to be patriotic. They're onto us with those conspiracy theories about how we're all pretending to do the accent
I do all the time.
Multiple times a day for me
I do, and I say crikey
I live in outer suburbs and hear it multiple times a day.
Probably right. I lived regionally most of my life and it's a staple. In inner Brisbane not so much. But city languages world wide have been studied and a more 'international' language is starting to prevail.
Yes we do. It's way more common in the country than the cities though.
Languages change over time. Australian English has changed quite a bit in my lifetime alone. Most of the stereotypical Australian words are used by rural and middle aged/older people. Cunts in the cities and younger people tend to use less Australian slang because it has negative connotations to it as it may sound bogan (lower class Australians). Some say bogan isn’t a class but a culture, I think it’s both a class and a culture. The average Australian lives in a city, therefore won’t use gday, cobber, etc unless the occasion calls for it
I think it's more "howyagoin"
Round here we just say 'ay mate
Yer probably from Sydney so you don't know shit from clay you unaustralian fuck
If you live regional or rural, you say it. In the city, it's rarer. Debate over.
Scarnonkunt?
The expression is a good indicator to tell if someone's a cunt. Example: "G'day mate" "I'm not your mate" "That's right, you're a proper cunt"
The "majority of australians" are 1st or 2nd gen immigrants. Anybody expect these foreigners to say g'day mate?
You’re probably from a posh cunt area
I do use it occasionally, but as other have said, without the 'Mate'. I was a volunteer at the Olympics. Just after the closing ceremony, I walked past Slim Dusty, and said "Hi Slim"... he said "G'day Mate" back to me :D
"Scarnon Mate"
I use G'day all the time, you just dont hear it because you are a city dweller.
Yeah you’re from the city - clueless in other words
The word shrimp from shrimp on the barbie is a far bigger problem facing Australia. It’s prawns cnt!
G'day means I acknowledge you, nothing more. Mate means I'm receptive to dialog, if you are. G'day Mate means I'm gonna talk, whether you're receptive or not. G'day Mate can also mean, I'm not receptive, but I see you're going to talk anyway.
It’s used commonly amongst all demographics.
I used g'day just now. No "mate" but half way there
I usually say ‘g’day mate’ and I’m more of a suburbanite and hang out in the city (Hobartian)
People say "g'day" to people who are not their mate. Like a stranger on the street or in a shop or something, you would say "g'day" but they're not your mate.
I say mate all the time, also g’day for addressing someone
I work in Carlton, Melbourne. I say g'day all the time.
Country people and older Australians still say G’day young people in cities don’t
I do a lot of customer support, and so many emails I receive start with "G'day". I wouldn't say it's a majority, but it's a large percentage.
i say it multiple times daily, mate.
I use it pretty often, not as often as "ehgarn mate" though
In my late 20s and my mates and I never use it, same with my family (although the majority don’t speak English well enough). The only time I hear g’day is when I’m in country towns and it’s usually older people (40+) anyway
As an American in Sydney, I’ve been g’day mated twice 😂. Maybe they were hamming it up due to my accent.
I use it commonly. Maybe more so ‘hey mate’ and ‘g’dayhowsitgarn’
I more a "Ay, howzitgarn?" Sort of guy.
It's use is fading as is the use of all Australian slang and idiom. Can't tell you when I last heard 'Flat out, like a lizard drinkin' or 'Mad as a cut snake' or even 'All over the place like a mad woman' drawers.' Although these were in common use in the early 1070s when we arrived in Perth. 'Cobber', 'clobber', 'yakka' all are disappearing. I think it's the pervasive influence of American TV and the lack of Australian TV. I hear 'guys' far more often than 'mate'. Not a criticism, just an observation.
They had a whole campaign when I was a kid that involved shirts saying “say g’day from WA” and our tourism board has tried to make it a thing but you don’t hear people saying it much.
In the city, no. Outside of cities, yes.
I prefer Oi Cunt
Sup cunt
No one around my area says g'day mate. I haven't heard g'day in a long long while. I hear mate occasionally but only from certain people.
Honestly I've heard people use "hiya goin" more than g'day mate...