G' day mate

I'm sitting here bored watching tv and a geiko commercial comes on do people really say " mate " in aussie or is this a commercial thing ??????

 

I heard they only say mate after they have drank 5 fosters as they forget most of their natural language.













im joking..

 

Aussies really say it!

 

I heard that they say "mate" when they're being sarcastic (like Americans with "friend" or "buddy") and say "****" when being friendly with each other.

For example:

"G'day!"
"G'day, ****! Eat any kangaroos lately?"
"Sure did!"
"Brilliant!"

 

/face palm

 

I've never met an Aussie that drinks Fosters.

But there are heap's who drink Fat Yak, VB, Corona's, and Hahn. :sunny:

I often say "mate" instead of "friend".

In High School most of the guy's would call one another "oi, ****!"

Within the past couple of year's I've been heard saying "what, ****?" just mucking around if someone want's my attention. "Cheer's, ****," when thanking someone. Or "sup, ****?" when greeting friends or my mum.

I realized it's become a serious habbit after I was walking around a toy section at K Mart and one of my friends called out to me, my imediate reaction was to say "what, ****?". I turn my head and realize that there's this kid staring at me so I ran off.

I'd make the best receptionist. :2thumbsup:

 

We use mate pretty often. I guess in America you guys say 'man' more often?

 

It depends.

It's usually "dude" or "man", and "buddy" in the American South.

With African-Americans, it's usually "man", "dawg", or "homie."

 

Right, we use man and dude as well sometimes, but only certain people can get away with saying it, otherwise it just sounds lame. Buddy isn't one we use sincerely though, if you say buddy here it's usually out of annoyance. Like someone cuts infront of you in the line "hey buddy, I was here first!".