Alpo Posted October 16 Share Posted October 16 Is that how everybody in Oz greets everybody, every damn time? I meet someone, and I might say hello, or good morning, or how you doing, or howdy. All kinds of different greetings. But whenever there is an Australian in a movie or a television show or an Australian made commercial trying to sucker the tourists to come over there and give them our money, they all say the same thing. G'day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted October 16 Share Posted October 16 Or G’day mate. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waxahachie Kid #17017 L Posted October 16 Share Posted October 16 My son used to date a girl from Queensland, who was up here doing some work for the girl scouts, or some such thing. We loved her, and her accent. For some reason, she thought we had an accent. Go figure. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bear Posted October 16 Share Posted October 16 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: Or G’day mate. Its usually G'day mate if its a mate (but not always you can say G'day mate to a stranger) or just G'day if you don't know them (like a bank teller, check out operator etc). But to answer Alpo's query "Is that how everybody in Oz greets everybody, every damn time"? ...... that's a yes. Edited October 16 by Buckshot Bear 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted October 16 Author Share Posted October 16 Y'all need to expand your vocabulary. Learn some other greetings. Hey-howaya. Top o' the morning. Konichiwa. Namaste. Aloha. Shalom. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L Posted October 16 Share Posted October 16 Or just a plain "Howdy". That's what I say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bear Posted October 16 Share Posted October 16 16 minutes ago, Alpo said: Y'all need to expand your vocabulary. Learn some other greetings. Hey-howaya. Top o' the morning. Konichiwa. Namaste. Aloha. Shalom. Ok.....I just asked my wife if I'm allowed to say "G'day good lookin" to females"......she said I must keep to my known vocabulary 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gateway Kid SASS# 70038 Life Posted October 16 Share Posted October 16 Clever girl!! and smarter man to follow that advice Regards Gateway Kid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted October 16 Author Share Posted October 16 (edited) 45 minutes ago, Buckshot Bear said: .I just asked my wife if I'm allowed to say "G'day good lookin" to females It's not, "G'day good lookin' ", it's, "Hey good lookin' " (dang furriners cain't talk english ) Edited October 16 by Alpo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot, SASS #13748 Posted October 16 Share Posted October 16 G’day Y’all…it has a ring to it, does it not? 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted October 16 Share Posted October 16 1 hour ago, Alpo said: Y'all need to expand your vocabulary. Learn some other greetings. Hey-howaya. Top o' the morning. Konichiwa. Namaste. Aloha. Shalom. Dobree dyen 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted October 16 Author Share Posted October 16 . Eto budet rabotat' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted October 16 Share Posted October 16 An Aussie Flight Leftenant I knew in 'Nam used to to say "G'day, Cobber" to me and my bunk mate. I never asked what "cobber" meant. I was a afraid it would lead to bloodshed. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot, SASS #13748 Posted October 16 Share Posted October 16 31 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: An Aussie Flight Leftenant I knew in 'Nam used to to say "G'day, Cobber" to me and my bunk mate. I never asked what "cobber" meant. I was a afraid it would lead to bloodshed. https://www.dictionary.com/browse/cobber cobber [ kob-er ] noun - Australian. - a close fellow male friend; chum; pal. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted October 16 Share Posted October 16 3 hours ago, Alpo said: Namaste Isn't that New Age for, "Well, bless your heart."? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Crimes Posted October 16 Share Posted October 16 3 hours ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: G’day Y’all…it has a ring to it, does it not? Australia and America, two countries divided by a common language. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted October 16 Share Posted October 16 2 hours ago, Major Crimes said: Australia and America, two countries divided by a common language. and that common language is English-ish ........ 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted October 16 Share Posted October 16 ..... this fella will tell you all you need to know ..... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painted Mohawk SASS 77785 Posted October 16 Share Posted October 16 8 hours ago, Waxahachie Kid #17017 L said: My son used to date a girl from Queensland, who was up here doing some work for the girl scouts, or some such thing. We loved her, and her accent. For some reason, she thought we had an accent. Go figure. She was right... Myself I could listen to a real southern drawl accent all day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted October 16 Author Share Posted October 16 5 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said: Isn't that New Age for, "Well, bless your heart."? My understanding is that is Dot Indian for, "Hey Bubba, 'sup?" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgavin Posted October 16 Share Posted October 16 In Oakland (CA) it is usually "gimme your wallet" accompanied by something stuck in your back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramblin Gambler Posted October 16 Share Posted October 16 14 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: An Aussie Flight Leftenant I knew in 'Nam used to to say "G'day, Cobber" to me and my bunk mate. I never asked what "cobber" meant. I was a afraid it would lead to bloodshed. Reminds me of working on the border and the mexicans I was working with started calling me wheto (or weto, or jueto ... I never met anyone who knew how it's spelled). I asked what that meant and the only answer I got was that it was me so I stopped pushing it. I didn't know if there was fixin to be a fight or what but it all turned out friendly. Found out later it just means white boy. No negative connotation by itself. I started dating some girls down there and they called me wheto too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kloehr Posted October 16 Share Posted October 16 1 hour ago, Ramblin Gambler said: Reminds me of working on the border and the mexicans I was working with started calling me wheto (or weto, or jueto ... I never met anyone who knew how it's spelled). I asked what that meant and the only answer I got was that it was me so I stopped pushing it. I didn't know if there was fixin to be a fight or what but it all turned out friendly. Found out later it just means white boy. No negative connotation by itself. I started dating some girls down there and they called me wheto too. Supposedly spelled guero IIRC. But sounds like weto. No negative if actually referring to a white boy (or girl), but say that to a hispanic person? Get ready for a fight! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted October 16 Share Posted October 16 Guten tag, mein freund. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted October 16 Share Posted October 16 YAH AAAT SEEE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howlin Mad Murdock SASS #4037 Posted October 16 Share Posted October 16 20 hours ago, Alpo said: Y'all need to expand your vocabulary. Learn some other greetings. Hey-howaya. Top o' the morning. Konichiwa. Namaste. Aloha. Shalom. Jambo, if you're ever in Kenya. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted October 17 Author Share Posted October 17 2 hours ago, Noz said: YAH AAAT SEEE Isn't that a dice game? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St. Louis Suomi SASS #31905 Posted October 17 Share Posted October 17 I always liked Justin Wilson's greeting: "How y'all are? I sure am glad for you to see me." STL Suomi 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted October 17 Share Posted October 17 Whassup ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singin' Sue 71615 Posted October 17 Share Posted October 17 On 10/16/2021 at 3:22 AM, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said: ..... this fella will tell you all you need to know ..... G'day Wallaby! Good on ya! You just started my day off GREAT! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singin' Sue 71615 Posted October 17 Share Posted October 17 Yá'át'ééh Being reared on the edge of the Navajo Nation...this was familiar to me at a young age. One of Daddy's hands was Navajo...Gilbert Tom was his name. I always thought it funny in the John Wayne movies the would say Yah Ta Hey!!! Just now, Singin' Sue 71615 said: Yá'át'ééh Being reared on the edge of the Navajo Nation...this was familiar to me at a young age. One of Daddy's hands was Navajo...Gilbert Tom was his name. I always thought it funny in the John Wayne movies the would say Yah Ta Hey!!! Sounds like you are saying Yacht A! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted October 17 Author Share Posted October 17 That's how I always heard it - ya ta hay. But then, I always heard it on television or in a movie. On The Brady Bunch, where they went to the Grand Canyon and camped in the bottom of it, Alice runs into Tonto and says it to him, and he says it back, correcting her pronunciation. Several years ago a fellow came on this board and announced that he was one quarter Cherokee. And someone that was here at the time (who himself claimed to be 1/8 Shawnee) welcomed him by telling him ya ta hay. I thought that it was quite unlikely that that term meant anything in either Shawnee or Cherokee, but if it made them feel good, let them say it. They were speaking Indian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted October 17 Share Posted October 17 5 hours ago, Singin' Sue 71615 said: G'day Wallaby! Good on ya! You just started my day off GREAT! Proud to be of service Ma'am ...... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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