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jag har en clown i örat?

English translation: Have I got a clown in my ear? / Is there an echo in here?

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Swedish term or phrase:jag har en clown i örat?
English translation:Have I got a clown in my ear? / Is there an echo in here?
Entered by: Shawn Champion

23:09 May 14, 2011
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
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Swedish term or phrase: jag har en clown i örat?
A response in a market survey from a seemingly annoyed person. I found "räv i örat" here on proz, not sure if it's the same thing.
Shawn Champion
Sweden
Local time: 10:53
Have I got a clown in my ear?
Explanation:
Perhaps: 'Am I listening to someone trying to be funny?' Or. 'Have I got a fool on the line?'
Selected response from:

George Hopkins
Local time: 10:53
Grading comment
"Is there an echo in here?" would also be correct, I think, for a telephone interview.
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3Have I got a clown in my ear?
George Hopkins


Discussion entries: 6





  

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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Have I got a clown in my ear?


Explanation:
Perhaps: 'Am I listening to someone trying to be funny?' Or. 'Have I got a fool on the line?'

George Hopkins
Local time: 10:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 7
Grading comment
"Is there an echo in here?" would also be correct, I think, for a telephone interview.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Katarina Lindve: or even... Is someone just wasting my time? Or having me on?
1 day 3 hrs
  -> Thank you for your suggestions lindve.
agree  Helen Johnson: Agree with explanation and lindve's suggestion
1 day 3 hrs
  -> Thank you Helen.
agree  Pernille Chapman: Some online surveys are filled in by a telephone interviewer. If this is the case here, an annoyed respondent seems a plausible guess :-)
2 days 45 mins
  -> Thank you Pernille.
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