"Natalie" wrote in message
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"Help me" is imperative in both English and French. In French, it would be
written as "aidez-moi" m'aidez would mean help (me) in the context of a
larger
sentence, but it isn't what you would say in lieu of just "Help me!" A
french grammar book of your choice can confirm this for you.

What's your point?

It's well established what the origin of the call "mayday" is. Your
"argument" that it's poor grammar might be valid, except that since the word
was extracted from a larger sentence, even the grammar complaint really has
no basis. Your original claim that Andrea's description of the origin of
"mayday" was false is itself absolutely wrong regardless of what you think
about the grammar.

Pete