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Can you update your wonder please? Apr 16, We've added it to our list to update. Thanks for letting us know! Peter Bridger Mar 5, How and when did saluting in the military forces become the common practice to respect officers. Erick Aug 19, Oct 8, Thanks for sharing this example, Erick. Lev Raphael Apr 17, Calling for help would require the imperative in French which is not "m'aider" but "m'aidez.
Apr 25, Thanks for the tip, Lev! Owen Mar 20, I thought it was amazing. I never knew where mayday origin from. I cant imagine how many words a pilot must use a day around the world. Oct 4, Mar 20, It IS pretty amazing! Thanks for learning more about it with us today, Owen! Wonderopolis May 7, You got it, Wonder Friend Mopet 64! Come back to Wonder with us again soon! Nathanael May 3, Wonderopolis May 3, Happy belated birthday, Nathanael!
This was interesting to me now I know what it means and I will use it if I am in trouble. I didn't know that the word mayday could be so helpful. Wonderopolis May 2, Piper From Mrs. Liles Class May 2, Jace May 2, The terms sound similar, but they have different origins. They are not spelled the same way. Mayday is an internationally recognized radio word to signal distress. It's used mostly by aircraft and boats, and most of us are happily only familiar with it through TV and fiction. It appears as both an interjection "Mayday!
Mayday first came into English in There was a lot of air traffic between England and France in those days, and evidently there were enough international problems over the English Channel that both parties wanted to find a good distress signal that everyone would understand. But surely there already was a distress signal that everyone understood?
Origin of May Day Middle English word dating back to — The Biography of a Rabbit Roy Benson. Discourses in America Matthew Arnold. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 of 12 Various.
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