November and Mayday - Internatoinal Maritime Flag Concordance
The flag for the Letter N and Emergency match up as conceptual congruent partners, within the naming framework of International Maritime Flag Signals. Upon close inspection of their names, you should notice that both are named after months. The letter N is called November, and the Emergency Pennant can be used as a Mayday symbol. Seems like an odd connection, but this connection of concepts is apparent with all the International Maritime flags. Previous examples on this blog include: Alpha-Delta, Foxtrot-Tango, Romeo-Juliet, Papa-Uncle, Charlie-Mike, Quebec-India, and Oscar-Victor.
Fatefully both the N flag and Mayday flag have checker patterns. November has blue checkers on a square or rectangular field, while Mayday-Emergency has red checkers on a pennant-triangular field.
Additionally, they are like opposites of the seasons. November marks the heart of Fall and Mayday is within the heart of Spring. November is 100% month of Fall, while May is 100% month of Spring, that is assuming you live in the Northern Hemisphere within a temperate climate.
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