Jim,
>>Hilmar,
>>
>>>>mayday (mâ´dâ´) noun
>>>>An international radiotelephone signal word used by aircraft and ships in distress.
>>>>
>>>>Excerpted from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition.
>>>
>>>I know; the title was supposed to be funny.
>>>
>>>Anyway, how exactly do you call May the 1st. in the United States? May Day?
>>>
>>>Hilmar.
>>
>>We call it May 1st.
>>
>><g>
>
>... and I think that "Labor" (Labour) Day is the rough equivalent at our (northern) end of this continent.
Yes, quite right - only here we glorify capitalism as opposed to socialism. <g>
Best,
DD
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