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A more useful one, though I'm down to the 4 big ones here
English
French
German
Spanish


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 10:03 pm
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That lot'd get you pissed in 90% of the known universe.


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 10:07 pm
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English
French
German
Spanish
Japanese
Chinese
Pished

Education resulted in the first three
Neccesity, experimentation and desparation the rest


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 10:12 pm
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English
French
Urdu


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 10:13 pm
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English
Scottish
French
German
Turkish
Italian
Gaelic
Spanish


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 10:19 pm
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English
French
Italian
Spanish
German
Swahili
Portuguese
Glaswegian


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 10:20 pm
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English
Loud English
Very Loud, condescending English


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 10:26 pm
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The universal language for 2 beers is:

Stick two fingers up

Then say

Beer (with pouring beer into mouth motion).

I know it works because that's what we used to say all over Europe.


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 10:39 pm
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only 1 as I dont have any mates 🙁


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 10:50 pm
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Thea birra parakalo


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 10:56 pm
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English, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Mandarin, Polish.

At one point I knew Sweedish, but for the life of me, I can't remember it now...

I should really learn Dutch.


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 11:21 pm
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Any, you just point and hold up the relevant amount of fingers.


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 11:23 pm
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English
French
German
Ukrainian
Spanish

Medieval Latin
Ancient Greek


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 11:32 pm
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English
Spanish
French
Cantonese
Mandarin
Japanese

you just point and hold up the relevant amount of fingers

This for most places.


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 11:41 pm
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At one point I knew Sweedish, but for the life of me, I can't remember it now...
Två Öl, Tack. Eller Två Stor Stark, Tack. One will get you the cheapest draught beer, the other will get you the strongest draught beer.......

Used to be able to do English, French, German, Dutchish/Flemish (I lived in a very Flemish area for a few years, so my Dutch was technically Flemish), Spanish, Portuguese and Catalan. Or at least make myself understood in a near approximation of the local language.

Now down to English, Spanish and Swedish. Plus a near approximation of Norwegian and Danish, as long as i've had enough beer first.


 
Posted : 27/10/2016 11:28 am
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Smile mumble and hand over cash, works the world over including tasmania


 
Posted : 27/10/2016 11:31 am
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Turkish IIRC is

Iki Bira Lutven


 
Posted : 27/10/2016 11:56 am
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English
Welsh
German
French
Spanish
Finnish


 
Posted : 27/10/2016 12:01 pm
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Not the 15 I can say "Thank you" in that's for sure

English
French
German
Spanish
Hungarian

And Romanian if I'm allowed to say "Two beers, thank you"!


 
Posted : 27/10/2016 12:03 pm
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Två Stor Stark,

Pedant mode *on*

'Stor[u]a[/u] stark'

*off*


 
Posted : 27/10/2016 12:07 pm
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As I don't have much to brag about I'm just going to point out that these days you don't need to know it, as long as you have a working Internet connection. Translate.google.com at your service. Their Russian pronunciation is spot-on, Latvian is a comedy robot voice - still guaranteed to get your two beers and a laugh at/with you.


 
Posted : 27/10/2016 3:31 pm
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English
French
German
Spanish
Italian
Polish
American
Australian
So, 8 then.
Oh, and I can ask for "another one" in Dutch.... just not the first one.


 
Posted : 27/10/2016 3:43 pm
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Turkish IIRC is Iki Bira Lutven

This would work and is absolutely correct. But you tend to hear polite forms more often than please. I might say something like "iki bira verebilirmisiniz", essentially to highlight that I ain't getting this shite from no phrasebook.

(Whilst shaking a glass in one hand and raising two fingers with the other, to ensure the - probably german - barman knows what I'm actually asking for.)


 
Posted : 27/10/2016 5:03 pm
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kaks õlut! ( pronounced, giggletastically, as "cock salute" )


 
Posted : 27/10/2016 5:06 pm
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Every language

You simply point at the bottle or tap and then show two figers 😀

On a serious note, English and Tagalog.


 
Posted : 27/10/2016 5:07 pm
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Pedant mode *on*
'Stora stark'
*off*
yeah yeah.
I rarely buy two so don't get to practise!


 
Posted : 27/10/2016 5:11 pm
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English
French
German
Spanish
Polish
Czech
Italian
I think my travelling has had a theme.


 
Posted : 27/10/2016 7:28 pm