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		navigate8310 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Brief Origins of May Day Is there any link to May Day with the emergency distress call of an airline?

voidUpdate 7 months ago [–]

Mayday is from the french m'aider (a short form of venez m'aider, "come [and] help me")

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