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Ropen skalla

English translation: Hear us call


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Swedish term or phrase:Ropen skalla
English translation:Hear us call
Entered by: Susanne Roelands
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16:29 Nov 24, 2010
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Swedish term or phrase: Ropen skalla
”Ropen skalla, kompensering åt alla!” har varit mången PC-användares stridsrop.
Susanne Roelands
Local time: 05:17
Hear us call
Explanation:
"Hear us call, compensation for all!"
Selected response from:

Anna Smith
Switzerland
Local time: 05:17
Grading comment
Thank you !
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +1What do we want?
Anna Herbst
4 +1Hear us call
Anna Smith
3Halloo ! Halloo !Imanol
3The calls reverberate
Sven Petersson


  

Answers


18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
The calls reverberate


Explanation:
:o)

Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 05:17
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 198
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Halloo ! Halloo !


Explanation:
"hal·loo, also hal·loa
interj.
1. Used to catch someone's attention.
2. Used to urge on hounds in a hunt.
n. pl. hal·loos also hal·loas
A shout or call of "halloo."
(http://www.thefreedictionary.com/halloo)

See also Clameur de haro (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clameur_de_haro)

Imanol
Local time: 05:17
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Hear us call


Explanation:
"Hear us call, compensation for all!"

Anna Smith
Switzerland
Local time: 05:17
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thank you !

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Imanol: Jättebra !
6 mins
  -> Tackar så mycket Imanol :)
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
What do we want?


Explanation:
At a rally or demonstrations in Sweden, the crowd would call out: "Ropen skalla, kompensering till alla" whereas the English speaking crowd would use the call: "What do we want? - Compensation! - When do we want it? - Now!!!"


    Reference: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/02/what-do-we-want-our-d...
    Reference: http://www.dn.se/ledare/signerat/vindsvaning-ropen-skalla-ba...
Anna Herbst
Australia
Local time: 13:17
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 54

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Shawn Champion: agree for US English
1 day9 hrs
  -> Thanks YankeeSwede. So the US, UK and Oz all use the same call.
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