Wy do people rarely say "g'day" in Melbourne?

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me.

I live in Melbourne and i think it is the Queenslanders who say G'Day more than any state...
We tend to say Hi mate or How ya going,or Hi-ya and Hello...

I know i say G'day mate a hell of a lot...Maybe i'm just a die hard Queenslander ey...lol

FFS what's with the names?

Hmmm, actually I see "G'day" written more often than I hear it said, although people do say it here in Sydney, and I know Melbourne people who say it also.

Country Aussies say it a lot, from my experience, but not so much people from other backgrounds than anglo. I think older people say it more than younger people, too, that may have some effect.

And Australians abroad tend to speak slang more and more broadly, for some reason (maybe bonding, lol).

Anyway, if you are mixing with a younger crowd who is more city and probably less anglo, you might be hearing it less.

So count the ones you hear in these answers, lol!

Cheers :-)

ll_jenny_ll here

I actually say ... HOW YA GOING? more than anything

I don't think it's a bogan thing to say .. .

AS THING wrote .. it is a country thing though .. more so than a city thing.

Pirana M

Melbourne has become increasingly globalised over the past decade and become multicultural, leading to a decline in the traditional Australian culture that is more prominent in rural areas.

Ozmaniac

You obviously move in more exalted circles than I do. Whenever I come to Melbourne, I hear it all the time.

Lindylu

i think its a little bit more snobby there,im from nsw and there is alot of slang there,as well as qld

Cutemum3

The only time I hear Gday is on Home & Away or Neighbors or Aussie Movies.
I never day it...I say Hi.

kr@zyk1w1

Cause they are Victorians and therefore different to the rest of you Australians out there....Aussie, Aussie, Aussie.....nevermind. lol

The Mouse II

Because we don't say it that much in other places in Australia either.

It's not just Melbourne.
"G'day" is not normally said to people whom we don't know well or we we meet in a formal way.

Cheers

redhzkingswood

I still say G'day Mate, and I hear it a lot from Fair Dinkum Aussies, but probably not as much as I used to.
It may be that too many kids are using trash Yank talk they hear on TV, it's ruining our culture!

* tj *

Because we aren't bogans in Melbourne.

Katie T â™¥Sexymum3â™¥

We do, Your just on the wrong side of Melbourne.

Yage

Outdated slang imo

I usually say/hear "How you going mate?"

steve

i say gday

â™¥Amber is a New Momma

Depends where you from in melbourne. sometimes, but usually older people and sometimes not in all seriousness.
I actually. have never heard somebody greet another fae to face with "hey" unless they are yelling from a distance.
its weird. x
Hows it going and stuff, definately

Seems bogan to me

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