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

It's a big stereotype... but is it true? I asked 18 random Australians if they actually use the word "g'day" to greet fellow Aussies, and the responses were surprisingly inconclusive.

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[tenpercentfordabigguy]

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

[jessehawkins]

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

[mitchellbruce]

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.

[Jesse-B]

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

[SiilanPies]

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.

[lix_o]

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

[jenny-ugkg]

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.

[chrispetritsch]

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

[bradhouston]

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

[jackpd]

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

[randomstuffdan]

"Maybe true Aussie blokes do"

I am now a proud true Aussie bloke

[MrMacAdams]

"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.

[equinox]

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

[itsme-sngi]

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

[afpwebworks]

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

[kenadams]

1:07 im japanese but dont know this expression lol

[isis-daisy]

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.

[bolunqi]

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

[durv]

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

[EarlJohn]

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)