Do Australians Actually Say G'Day? (THE TRUTH) 

I dont want to live in an Australia where we no longer say Gday. Its one of the friendliest greetings in the world.

As a bogan I'm a little disappointed in my fellow strayans

I feel like the "statistics' have been swayed here. Out side of the bigger cities people still say G'Day all the time. I know I do, and am not that old.

g'day mate!

The younger generation is very americanised, as an oldie I say either g'day or hayagarn.

G’DAY MATE~ Oi Oi Oi Aussie Aussie Aussie 🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻

I've found that a lot of people who don't think they say g'day actually do. I never realised that I said it as much as I do until I talked to non-Aussies.

For me G'day is more common but G'day mate is usually between guys and their friends in the country. I think Australia is so multi cultural now it will eventually be lost along with a lot of other slang. Also over the years I have notice new slang coming in so it is also changing with different generations.

btw, to speak proper 'strayan u gotta say "G'day Mate, S'goin on?" real quick, kinda like you gotta time limit

You're not Australian if you don't say G'day every day!!

I literally say G'day to any person I know/meet, these kids are doing it wrong

1:07 im japanese but dont know this expression lol

I'm from New Zealand and I claim G'day as ours now 🇳🇿♥️🇦🇺

"Maybe true Aussie blokes do" I am now a proud true Aussie bloke

1:05 - Wtf

"Gen zees dont really say it" ... we've lost the battle. The new generation is the US TV generation.

Well being a 7yrs international student here, just realised a interesting thing when I was in Tassie 4yrs ago people love to say G’day literally even walking on the streets greeting random people . But yeah, very rare to see people say G’day in Sydney here

2017: I was travelling in the UK & had decided that I didn't want to be a typical Australian tourist... So the first shop I walk in to the first thing I said was "G'day!" PS: I was born in the 1960s! (It may well be a generational thing that the younger generations have been Tele-educated by American TV programs to use more American slang)

It depends on what part of australia you live in. I'm like... NSW coast near Newcastle or something... a lot of people say g'day, but a lot don't. it depends on who you're with, what type of person you are, the level of friendliness... like g'day adds at least 3 points to you're friendliness level (saying this as a person who doesn't commonly use g'day)

As a 21 Aussie, I still say g'day occasionally but yeah not too often. I live in the UK and I purposefully don't say it as I don't want to be a stereotype.

i must say g'day about ten times a day . and im english . ive been in aus for 50 years tho .

To see G’day disregarded as a cultural relic breaks my heart. Saying G’day isn’t about reflecting multiculturalism. Heck, think of all the nationalities that were shipped here or came here in hope of a better life. G’day has been there the whole time. What’s happening now is that: 1. It’s not seen as “cool” 2. It didn’t get the airplay that all the US greetings do Let it die out and turn your back on the great Australia that many of us grew up in

I came from South Asia, and I use G'day every day. Recently got a mullet, love wearing thongs, die for bloody snags, hit bush most of the weekends, my beer needs to be on a stubby holder, I drive ute, naah, yeah I just love Austraya mate.

"asked 18 random Australians"? Complete nonsense - they were all in the same neighbourhood, same street, and all from the same age group (except for one token old guy). Nothing RANDOM there. People in that age group tend to use their own slang (leftovers from their high school Americanisation), but as they get older they lose it and take on a lot of more generally used local expressions. I can assure you, "g'day" is frequently heard out there, and even migrants learn it fairly quickly.

Hey I found that the videos about accent slang and culture about Aussie are having the best views and the most interesting topic.I know that the views of your last two videos might be a bit disappointing but I’m sure if you keep doing it and do follow the path about Aussie things you would definitely get heaps of views.Looking forward to it.I love your videos about slangs.

"How ya going, mate". That was the usual greeting "in my time". I lived in Australia in the sixties.

Come to regional or rural Australia and you will get the more "sterotypical" Aussie vernacular.

I'm 67 years old and use G'day very often but I think it may be more a rural thing and also it might also be dying out - but I really hope it isn't.

Normal human beings 🤦🏽‍♂️ Gday is our norm, as a youngin myself with no Aussie blood, but born and raised, am proud to say Gday every day of the week. G'day Mate!!! ❤🇭🇲

I didn't realise how often we say it until we travelled to the USA and we were trying to avoid sounding like tourists. All our kids say it and their friends as well as 'hey' and 'sup'.

Stereotyped??? How in the hell is it stereotyped, when what the younger gens say is stereotyped. "Wasssup", "sup mate", "yo", "hey", etc are just stereotypes.

I am still learning about the accent This video can help me to find a way to learn it. Thanks mate!

I'm 38, maybe that makes me old but I don't think I am and I use it. It's not just your age its what state your in, city or small country town etc. When I was in qld no one said gday but here at home, in Adelaide, lots of people say it even immigrants. The more north you go and everyone says it. Asking a young population of an americanised city like Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane your going to get a very narrow view on how "all" Aussies speak.

Short answer. Yes

Yo ,Was-up are these people for real far far too much American TV i think.

I never heard it until, at the age of 30, I moved to Australia from Queensland where I was born. Now I use it all the time. Queensland is a sort of poor man's USA.

I use G'day more than any other word. Young ones are killing the lingo

I would laugh so hard if I was greeted by good day. Aussie slangs are so funny and fun to me xD

1:10 What an absolute unit

G'day.....like is it a good day already if the day isn't over....so you won't know it's a good day until the day is done like after 5pm!!!!!

Good on ya

Opening with my beautiful mug, good choice

i'm yankee but lived in oz 2 1/2 years. at least from an american perspective the whole streotype of "g'day" and "shrimp on the barbie" is a hangover from when PAUL HOGAN was doing ads in the early 80's for tourism australia. both terms were used in the commercial (which was on all the time) and both stuck for better or worse. that was simply because the term "prawn" means nothing to an american. why they chose to use that phrase i have no idea because i was told over and over again when there that it's not called 'shrimp' and no one cooks it on a bbq anyway. i've since learned 'shrimp' and 'prawn' are actually related but separate sub species but as we all know labels are rarely ever 100% accurate. anyrate american exposure to australian pop culture is extremely limited and was even moreso back then so perhaps that is why the streotypes still exist.

We tend to say it more than we think we do... if your just talking to your mates you probably won’t say gday... I tend to say it more when in passing just do the quick nod of the head smile and say gday lol

“Kangaroos aren’t everywhere” *laughs in western australia*

Generally, I just say Hi when greeting someone. I'll probably start try to use G'day. I'm from Asia tho.

Nah, Yeah, we do.

I’m a 16 year old girl from Australia, and I literally go around and say G’day or how ya goin mate but sometimes I just say Hay ya goin...but like depends. I always get told I speak like a true Aussie ahah

g'day mate i'll roll ya she'll be right best aussie accent ive found on internet i like it

1. Men are much more likely to say g’day than women (in the city at least) 2. Children brought up with a father or male role model are therefore much more likely to use it. 3. I don’t use it with family members but will use it with mates and acquaintances

The important thing to note is that "good" is not part of this greeting, no matter how fast it is said. The greeting is "G'day." There is no "oo" sound in it at all.

Yep! I say it all the time but I think it’s more of of the older Aussies or country Aussies not young Aussies. But then again the younger generation have become a bit soft and whimpy.

The truth is... I wanna live there

I always say g'day. It's a reflex pretty much. I think it's far more common than this vid depicts. Makes me sad that younger generations have taken on Americanism's to such a degree.

Melbourne is a broken hellscape.

You are asking the wrong age group These young whippa snappas are just pissweek

g'day mate

@3:36: OMG!!! Proper shocked....I though kangaroos were everywhere

The Australian that doesn't say: "G'Day mate" don't is a real Australian.

I certainly do

I have never travelled to aus. I have never met an aussie. But i dont like aussies not saying 'g'day mate' anymore.

I live in country NSW so we use G'day all the time, but when I visit family in Sydney, we never use it... LOL

G'Day, the new My Singing Monsters' monster

2:43 Notice the quick little peek😂

"Howz it goin' mate" is my usual.

G'day, I often say G'day but don't often use "mate" I use G'day at the beginning of Emails and online posting comments.

Some comments here about it being connected to Crocodile Dundee and the language in that movie. That movie's less than 40 years old and we've been saying G'day for at least 140 and I hope it never goes away. wassup sounds like American gangster talk.

G'day mates!

I’m an Australian

Omg so much beautiful young people

I remember Rosé when she sad Hi g'day mate 😂

i fell that´s usual from older people, no ? hugs from Brazil :)

They've shown that 'like' is one of the most spoken words even in Australian English.

It's not a steriotype. Australians say it all the time. I visit often and hear it often. More so outside of major cities, in shops etc, it's also oddly enough used more often if the person is male and percieves you to be a foreighner or stranger. So before they've worked you out who you are they use "G'day", almost like a "I don't mean to be unfriendly but who are you mate" rather than hello to a friend IMO at least? Saying anything else is awkward, they rarely say good morning or good afternoon or even just hello like the UK. I don't mind it at all, it's much better than calling someone just "mate" which makes me see red as it's usualy to correct you or put you in your place particularily if they don't like your Recieved English accent which they percieve to be a bit too posh.

I agree with hearing it less in bigger cities and the newer generations not using it as much, but I'm gen Z (that zed bloke) and I use g'day a lot, in fact more so to those I don't know like at the shops or a coworker.

So I say hello everywhere

I’ve only heard Aussie’s saying G’day when we’re mocking how other countries think we sound or most old people say it.

So sweet boys

I've actually never said g'day or g'day mate unless I'm joking and I'm older. None of my friends say it either. It's just a hi or hey.

I once went oversees on a trip with about 150 aussies. We all won the trip and didnt know eachother. But we spent the entire trip calling eachother mate. And saying gday mate. May as well have known the name of every person there coz every single one responds to gday mate as if its like hey name :)

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Being here since 2018 I find it's the older Australians that are more likely to say G'Day.

Gday champ!!

howzgoin, how ya goin mate and sco-in on mate are also acceptable next to gday

I'm Gen X and I say g'day, but it really depends on the context and how well I know the person. I'd say it to an old friend, but not in a formal situation like a job interview, lol!

I'm here because of Teacher Malinda

G'day mate. Ja hear that shella say yea.na

I always say it

I hear Gday all the time, lol

Why would you not use g'day? I like it, be like not greeting people with, "Awrite man/hen" or just, "Awrite" as aAcot, and we too have our accents and slang slaughtered internationally!

i briefly lived in Melbourne & Sydney and i rarely heard anyone say G'day

Thanks for the interview and the thumbnail cover Josh had a great time man! You're channel is really dope!

Tbh g’day is something I say often but more to people like work colleagues not to close friends (it’s more of a formal term from what I’ve seen)

I hv also noticed them saying,'I reckon ' really fast

G'day

Some districts are huge on G'day!😊

It looks some much like Perth city.Wondering is all the CBD in Australia looks the same lol

In the country and Riverina towns we still say it it’s the city people that don’t say it

I'd use it once a blue moon. Usually its howyagarnmate

Always say g'day