We all know what "G'Day Mate" means in Aussie Slang, but what about "Common, let's go have a Gander"?

To "Take a Gander" means to look at, or glance at something. For example, "Will you take a gander at that diamond ring!" or "Come take a gander at my broken foot", the sender is inviting the reader to have a look at something in particular.

This slangy idiom, dating from the early 1900s, presumably came from the verb gander, meaning “stretch one's neck to see,” possibly alluding to the long neck of the male goose.

The phrase does have a good hearted Australian feel to it but it would not be unheard of in North American, New Zealand or any other predominantly English speaking communities.

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Special Patrol Group

Wrong word used 'Common as this would never be used by Australians in this context.

Stevie G

Poorly phrased question an the explanation does not confirm what the question is asking.

Elsy O. Stromberg

That's common slang in the U.S.

Susan Lake-Harris

Hmmmm - yes, it's correct, but "Common" isn't pronounced the way "C'mon" is... The emphasis is on the "mon".

Cheryl Love

Apparently 70ddi3 was confused; it should read “C’mon”, as in Come on, not “Common”.

Leapy Lee

More likely to hear “ Let’s have a butcher’s” than a gander. Just in case you don’t get that one “butcher’s” is short for a butcher’s hook which is rhyming slang for a look.

Carol Anderson

It’s c’mon short for “come on” not common.

Suzanne Wilson

Should read 'C'mon' (come on) not 'Common'. In any case most of us Aussies would be more likely to say 'have a butcher's' (Translation = 'butcher's hook', rhyming slang for 'look'.