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?
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?
Bonus points if there's a known onomatopoeia to describe the sound.
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Schneesturm (snow storm) or Ameisenkrieg (ant war) in German.
37 0 ReplyWe always called it Ameisenfußball (ant soccer).
14 0 ReplyHad 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 🕺
7 0 Replyfor me it was Ameisenrennen (ant race)
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