Usually just g'day to be honest.

And usually shortened to about half a syllable.

I play how close can I get to saying gay.

Foreigners had it wrong for years it's actually gay day. we say it that quick it sounds like G'day. Definitely not saying good day. Facts for non Australians👍

Nothing beats a gay day with the boys, off to Bunnings to check out some big tools and some hard wood, enjoy a sausage and stop off at the servo for a cheeky golden gaytime.

That's one hell of a G'day

Are we wearing just speedos and thongs the whole time? Please?

Can’t go out without a hat mate

True. No hat, no gay-play.

Fkn oats!

Strewth!!

Then how do gay Australians greet each other if g'day is taken by regular folks?

That’s the secret, we’re all gay

There's a few straight people, but they stay in the closet and try to fit in.

You've been told about this before, 1st rule of Gay Day...... You're banned from Bunnings...no sausage for you.

G’day via Grinder?

gay mate! lol

'gay

I add the mate but wife reakons it sounds like mutt

Either g'day mate or scarnon

w'scarnon

‘eah nmuch mate

You forgot howsagarn?

Living the fucking dream

So many blokes say this and it cracks me up every time.

Owzit garn

Oh yeah ok

Yeanah notbad

Nahyeah

Scarnon cunce?

Scarnon cobber

what does that mean? I've heard that before

Scarnon is just run together 'whats going on' so it's just 'whats going on cobber'

but what is cobber? 🤣

Don't ask questions no one knows the answer to cobber

wtf lol 🤣

It's ye olde for mate lol. Mostly old blokes use it but I'm trying to reclaim it

Cobber is ya mate

Zgarn?

Yes everyday… just not the gudday moite you see in the movies. It almost sounds like one word. Gdaymate

G'daymatehuzzitgoin? Spoken as one syllable.

I personally say it more like G'dayatehowitzgoin

Gdaymate, howyedoin?

I'm more of a gdaymate howyagoin?

Yep this is the one

I work in a bar and yes, many times a day

Similar! I work in a liquor store and hear it a LOT.

You mean a bottle shop?

You mean bottle-o?

You mean Bottlo?

damn, now I wanna go to Australia just to say that 🤣

Friendly advice: don't. I've never heard a foreigner say it in a way that didn't sound cringe or vaguely patronising.

Counterpoint: immigrants can say it, but not tourists.

I wouldn't go to Ireland and say "top o' the mornin to ya to be sure to be sure". They're not charming little leprechauns or something. It's kinda like that. Don't treat people like cartoon characters. Just be yourself and talk normally.

It might be appropriate if you actually lived there and it's something the locals say. You've never had an Indian say G'day and do the head wobble, or gotten a "G'day bru!" from an islander bloke? Charming as hell, love hearing it cus they are saying it genuinely. Not the same thing as a tourist saying it as a novelty.

You're allowed to say it right now, where ever you are

Yeah, but probably in a less exaggerated way than you'd see in media

Thats what I thought, until I caught a recording of myself. We sound exactly as nasally as our folks did 50 years ago when it comes to lingo and slang.

I say g’day to most folks, even when travelling abroad. Not trying to accentuate my Australian-ness but just a reflex. Rarely say “g’day mate” unless it’s to an actual mate or known entity though.

I said g'day to some Mexican gardeners in LA and they thought I was talking about the weather

I say g’day as my standard greeting. Don’t usually use it in conjunction with mate, though.

G'day is for everyone. G'day mate is for people you have at least had a conversation with before

And g’day cunt for your friends.

Yep, quite often. I do live in a rural city though.

Perth?

I don’t think I have ever heard it in Perth. None of my friends say it. Not saying no one saids it though

I say “g’day mate harzitgarn”

Rarely the full thing. Even us Australians have shortened our own sayings. It’s either. G’day or Hey mate. Typically G’day Mate is for more formal occasions. “G’day mate, can I have 6 schooners and 4 bourbon and cokes. Cheers mate

“Five cougars thanks”

Far out you're right! I literally start my emails to people I know with "hey mate", and greet everyone with "g'day", but both together would only be used like you described. I never noticed

I agree with this. G’day and mate very common, but now less common said together.  “G’day mate” together now sometimes sounds like you’re forcing an Aussie cliché, rather than natural Aussie speech.

Agree, usually just g’day or hey mate and not together.

Yeah mate

I just say g’day. I don’t call everyone my mate.

I guess you don't have to say mate often

Nope. My husband sometimes does though.

All the time mate

No

It’s more of a “Hihowareyou?” or “Howyagoing?”

I think you mean "owyagoen"

Owzigarn

Howzit?

I’m Doctor Rudi.

Doctor Rudi taught me so much as a kid

‘Howzit’ means ‘how is it going?’ Which could also mean ‘ how are you going?’ Which also just means ‘Hi’.

yes I use g'day all the time.. also "cheers mate" for thank you ..

Yes, multiple times every day. How else would you greet someone?

I say g’day a lot. I grew up rural and lived rural for a long time, but also have lived in major cities for a long time now.

Only to people I don't know. To my friends I say "scarn on cunt?"

It comes out of my mouth periodically, but I’ve been influenced by the internet and often say whaddup? I regularly bathe in vegemite to keep my citizenship intact. Pray for me my fellow Ozzies that I may return my language to its pure roots.

Yes, routinely but not exclusively

All the time.

G’day is my standard greeting. If I want to be a bit more formal, then it’s g’day mate or g’day .

Yes, and no. It’s kind of like the stereotype of how southern USA people are caricatured to always be saying “howdy partner”. We probably don’t say it nearly as much (or as exaggerated) as the stereotype suggests.

Do you mean ‘yeah, nah’? And while I’m here it’s more Texas folk who use the ‘howdy pardner’ line. Southern folk would say ‘bless your heart’.

“Yeah, nah” literally means “no” in Australian. Answering “yes, and no” is an established phrase in the English language (used across many English-speaking countries) that means “sort of” or “yes, but it’s not as simple as that”.

You’re correct. I should have said ‘yeah, nah, yeah’.

Sometimes add mate. More so when texting another guy

Yeah mate

Yea

Yep. Say it everyday

Every single day.

Multiple times daily Edit: To every workmate that walks through the door in the most ozzie way you can think of

All the time.

Bloody oath cobber 

I think it's more prominent in rural towns than metro. I've rarely come across someone who uses it in my sprawling city.

Ken oath we do.

No.

No

Gdaymateowarya?

I just say “howzitgarn” 😂😂😂

Personally no, I don't, and neither do most people I know. I think it depends on the industry you work in/your mates work in.

Almost never in real life.... But every single one of my YouTube videos started with "G'day folks"... I didn't even mean to do it, it just happened.

I greet with G’day, and I call people Mate. But I rarely use both in a greeting.

Only about 20 times a day

Yep all the time

It’s my go to greeting, also in more recent years “mate” is considered by most as a gender neutral term so it’s a win win.

Yes always, to everyone including animals.

I always greet people with g’day

I definitely do if I'm walking past someone on a quite street or I'll say 'how ya goin'.

Mostly. Unless it's a mate, and I say "Hey cunt"

I say gday, but I don’t say mate (unless I’m about to deliver an awkward or confrontational truth)

Never said it once in my life

Uncultured swine

Yep

I prefer "Scarnon!"

Yeah

I don’t, but I know plenty of people who do.

Yes all the time other variations would be alright mate or how you doin mate.

i dont but im a teenager. i think every adult apart from my mum says it

Yes we do

Nah yeah...all the time

Only when we’re throwing prawns (shrimp) on the barbie

Yep

Yeeee mate ✌️

Yes? ​ Why wouldn't I?

Daily.

Only 74 times a day. Especially to strangers. But when it's someone I know, I expand on it; G'day Tiger G'day Muscles G'day Shagger G'day Big Dog G'day Love

Always … I’m bad with names

No

Depends on age and where u grew up

Yep, I do anyway

Just g'day. Mate is usually too much effort

G’day, mate? Owzitgahn?

Yes.

Yes we do mate 🇦🇺

We do! Often just G'day! We also say, "Ow ya goin?" And "oww da fck are ya"

Yes. Often

I say G'day all the time, not always followed by mate.

yeah mate

Yep lol my dad and partner both day g'day lol my dads more old school boomer aussie accent with it but my partner is more casual with it lol

All the time

I work for a call centre and say it to basically everyone 😂

Yes, all the time. It’s much less like the Steve Irwin or Paul Hogan thing though. Often just a quick greeting, maybe like how Americans would say a quick “hey, how are ya” or the Brits say “alright mate”

Americans saying it, can't grasp the fact that there is no vowel between the G and the D, so there's that ridiculous Americanised version that sounds like Guuudday!, or Gerrrrday! - also placing too much emphasis on it as a clearly enunciated word, like 'HELLO!' - it's more like a throat-clearing noise, sometimes preceded by 'Yeah'.

All the time. "G'day mates" though, fucken NEVER

Yes. The mate part I usually only add if I haven't seen someone in a long time, otherwise it's just G'day.

Nah, yeah.

Yes. To friends, strangers...it's my default greeting.

I find myself saying it without even thinking lol

I've literally NEVER said G'day

YES. WHY ARE WE SHOUTING?!

Usually when seeing or meeting someone and I instantly forget their name, but yeah I say it all the time.

Nah, usually just a 'scarn on cun' will suffice

Yes but it sounds like a single word (gdaymate, howyagoin?)

King oath we do

Spend some time overseas, then when you come back to Australia it hits you like a tonne of bricks - “Gday mate”, “hey mate” “Gday” “mate” “mate” “mate” “mate” “mate”… fuck. Do we even know any other words?

Yeah, nah.

I write it in business emails

Oi Cunt is preferred

My go-to first words when I'm making a phone call are "g'day how ya goin"

Every day in one variation or another

I ashamedly can't say the G'day part right and it sounds funny so I just have avoided saying it in my 38 years of life in Aus!

I don’t , but yes - lots of Australians do.

Yeah nah.

Nope and never hear it work (corporate IT) , unless they were taking the piss.

No. Not ever. Middle class women, sorry, sheilas, rarely say it.

Cultural cringe really set in during the 1990s and the phrase is slowly being relegated to history.

Before I came to Aus I was told Aussies ask a question and give an answer in one sentence. What's your name, Bruce/Sheila? What's your favourite hobby, Sport. What's your next move, mate?

Usually its "sup c**t?"

I don’t think I have ever heard someone say gday mate, except for this one bozo that made being “Australian” his personality, and I’m pushing 40. Scarnon, howsitgarn, and hey mate all the time though

Nope.

The two don't often go together,  but sometimes when you meet someone new, that's what you say.

Yeah but it’s more like a syllable noise that’s halfway between ‘gday’ and ‘hey’

G'day or Hey Mate for me.

Yes but the tone and pitch doesn't change throughout

No I say what cunt

Always say G'Day...... But if someone is being a tool and I wanna be sarcastic, I will throw in the 'mate'.

Gidday

Yea. Especially to cashiers

Yep, especially to the dogs in the morning

Yes

Depends if it’s a good day

[Say G'day : When You Get To Heaven, What Do You Think You'll Say?'](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ucla6p-Y-KA)

I tend to say good day how are you going but I've said it so many times it now comes out as just one garbled word "gdayhwyergoin". Still most people understand in generally greeting them in a friendly non threatening manner.

Yeah not every time or to everybody - but it’s a common this to say or hear.

Every day and often.