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How did the word 'Mayday' become the international word for 'we're in trouble'?

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by anonymous on May 10th, 2007
I think it might be from a French phrase "m'aidez", a contraction or abbreviation of "(vous) je me aidez", or "you help me", dropping the "vouz" it is still implied but understood as "help me".
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