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"MAYDAY" A FUN FACTOID ABOUT THIS WORD

Love my grandkids — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 17:36:28 GMT

So I'm reading "The Handmaid's Tale" and learned that the term "mayday" derives from the French word "m'aidez" which means "help me". I love learning about word origins and thought this was interesting.

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phoenixbrd — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 18:08:46 GMT

@Love my grandkids Share your love of language, thanks for the interesting post!

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GenXmuse — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 18:21:18 GMT

Very interesting! Thanks for sharing that tidbit-I never knew that.

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kaydee50 — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 20:08:12 GMT

@Love my grandkids How do you like the book? I've requested it from our library.

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Love my grandkids — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 20:15:39 GMT

@kaydee50 I'm only I think on Chapter 5 and am enjoying it very much. Scary to think the world could ever be like this. I knew a little bit about it but it's a very good read.

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skatting44 — Wed, 21 Jul 2021 00:09:10 GMT

I knew the meaning of the word from some relatives that were enlisted during WWII

Maybe it was used during WWi since we had many troups in France.