---- Original Message ---- From: flopit [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 4-Jun-2002 19:48:17 To: JMDL Digest [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Cc: Subject: RE: JMDL Digest V2002 #240
hi >>>> I thought Canadians and Europeans would be more likely to know the answer since the distress signal is derived from the homophonic French "M'aidez," which of course means "Help Moi!" <<< >>>>That correct response was worth thousands of dollars! I majored in French :-) (and look where it got me...) And, since you asked, I just heard something on the radio the other day (no lie!) that explained that it's "m'aider" instead of "m'aidez" because it's an abbreviation of "Venez m'aider." Don't you just hate it when she does that??? :-) (gotta show off the thousands somehow - all those big bucks didn't do anything else for me...)<<<<< actually - that is a common misconception to cover up the truth. "mayday" is actually a mispronunciation of "Merde!!" :-) ron whose sole distinguishing moment during his 2 years airforce was bringing in a "mayday" aircraft safe & sound!! np beth orton - stolen car
