(131) Mayday.

Apparently, the Mayday call for help is a corruption of the french M'aidez, Help me.
It's a good job really, I mean if your boat is about to be dashed on the rocks or the wing has just fallen off your plane I do not think it's a good time to have to learn French.
 My french language teacher at school had a very broad Irish accent. I had enough trouble trying to understand her English so no hope of learning any French.