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I just came here to say that "Mayday" is actually* a distortion of the French "m'aider" (help me) and has nothing to do with the holiday.
Not that it doesn't make sense in this case. Power to the people. And I hope there is some way we can help.
* roast me
How dare you be informative! Lookit fancy pants over here! Handing out know-ladge like it's candy!
moar!
“Moar” is actually a corruption of the French “m’oar”, meaning “paddle me”.
I believe it's actually middle English