Absolutely.
'please', 'thank you', 'two beers', 'cheers', and 'do you speak English' in the actual language will see you a long way.
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barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!,
Tue 3 Jul 2012, 22:49,
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Asking for one beer would generally imply I'm pimping my wife out.
That was a strange holiday...
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barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!,
Tue 3 Jul 2012, 22:54,
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