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In your area/country, did you have a word or phrase to describe the static white noise on a television set not tuned to a channel? (upload.wikimedia.org)

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Bonus points if there's a known onomatopoeia to describe the sound.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Schneesturm (snow storm) or Ameisenkrieg (ant war) in German.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago

We always called it Ameisenfußball (ant soccer).

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

Had the exact same two in my childhood and youth in Finland. Probably some nuance differences in language, but semantically very similar ones! Muurahaissota and lumisade 🕺

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

for me it was Ameisenrennen (ant race)