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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: May Day--distress call? #68441 05/02/2002 1:29 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 MayDay used to be taught to ship radio operators when voice transmission became available, along with SOS, which was easy to send with key "...---..." So "mayday" was chosen by somebody ignorant of French. What would you expect? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted May Day wwh 05/01/2002 1:48 PM Re: May Day slithy toves 05/01/2002 5:24 PM Re: May Day--distress call? WhitmanO'Neill 05/02/2002 3:06 AM Re: May Day--distress call? johnjohn 05/02/2002 8:58 AM . Max Quordlepleen 05/02/2002 9:17 AM Re: May Day--distress call? wwh 05/02/2002 1:29 PM [venez] m'aider plutarch 05/02/2002 11:11 PM Re: May Day slithy toves 05/03/2002 2:42 AM Re: May Day Geoff 05/03/2002 4:00 AM Then they cut it down TEd Remington 05/03/2002 4:40 PM Re: Then they cut it down Faldage 05/03/2002 4:46 PM The Wicker Man TEd Remington 05/03/2002 4:49 PM Re: Then they cut it down WhitmanO'Neill 05/03/2002 7:33 PM Re: Then they cut it down wwh 05/03/2002 11:46 PM Re: Then they cut it down WhitmanO'Neill 05/04/2002 12:07 AM Re: Then they cut it down wwh 05/04/2002 12:46 AM Re: Then they cut it down wwh 05/04/2002 1:02 AM Re: Then they cut it down Geoff 05/04/2002 1:00 AM nearsighted moyle. TEd Remington 05/04/2002 2:10 PM Re: nearsighted moyle. wwh 05/04/2002 4:03 PM Re: nearsighted moyle. Geoff 05/04/2002 6:37 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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