Date:  Tue, 30 Apr 1996 08:43:32 EDT

From:  Larry Horn <LHORN[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]YALEVM.CIS.YALE.EDU>

Subject: Re: I wish I may, I wish I might (revisited)



In response to David's query: as it happens, Safire includes the "m'aider"

story for "May Day".  Given my overall impression of Safire, I was wondering

whether it might (#may) have been a folk etymology, so David's parallel

observation is reassuring.



           L.