Burnage Burnsy
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The distress call - which one of the above is it?
M'aidez is help me in French so could be?
Just wondering.
M'aidez is help me in French so could be?
Just wondering.
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Mayday or M'Aidez
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The Flash
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Burnage Burnsy said:The distress call - which one of the above is it?
M'aidez is help me in French so could be?
Just wondering.
Mayday is derived from M'Aidez, BB.
So you are correct both ways!
laserblue
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in fact it's from m'aider which is the infinitive form of help me. m'aidez doesn't make sense in french. the imperative version would be aidez-moi.
Carver
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Sorry to be pedantic:
It's derived from venez m'aider (not m'aidez), which means come help me in French and the call is "mayday, mayday, mayday". It's important to repeat mayday 3 times so that other people on the radio (any channel) know that you are not talking about 1st may and there is absolutely no confusion.
Remember this, it could save your life, even if you don't know the rest of the procedure someone will pick up that someone is trying to get a distress call out and guide you through the rest of the procedure to give them the relevant information.
It's derived from venez m'aider (not m'aidez), which means come help me in French and the call is "mayday, mayday, mayday". It's important to repeat mayday 3 times so that other people on the radio (any channel) know that you are not talking about 1st may and there is absolutely no confusion.
Remember this, it could save your life, even if you don't know the rest of the procedure someone will pick up that someone is trying to get a distress call out and guide you through the rest of the procedure to give them the relevant information.