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The saying 'may day' comes from the French request m'aider. In the word-by-word translation, the personal pronoun 'me'* means 'me'. And the infinitive form of the verb, 'aider', means 'to aid, assist or help'. *The letter 'e' drops before a word that begins with a non-aspirated vowel.

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