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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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[–] stoy 77 points 8 months ago (2 children)

"Myrornas krig"

"The war of the ants"

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

This goes so fucking hard

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Which country/language? In Turkish, the idea is similar but the wording a bit different, "karıncalanma" (being ant-y) is commonly used. Same thing is also used for when a body part goes numb due to having it in weird position for some time, like sleeping with your arm under your body or sitting on the toilet too much and having your legs be numb.

There is also "parazit yapma" (making/doing parasites) used for the television thing.

[–] stoy 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Swedish (:

As for the numbness, if a foot goes numb, then we normally say that we "have sand in the foot" or that "the foot is asleep"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Ah, nice. Sand idiom does not ring a bell, but the "asleep" is quite common probably. In Turkish, the word for numb (uyuşmak) is actually derived from the word for sleeping (uyumak), so just wanted to share that, too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Ive never heard the sand in foot as a Swede.

[–] stoy 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

"Sand i foten" är ett ganska vanligt begrepp i min umgängeskrets

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Får jag fråga vilken del av landet? Bott upp och ner västkusten och inte hört.

[–] stoy 2 points 8 months ago

Nordöstra delen av Storstockholm