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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)

submitted 7 months ago by Rentlar@lemmy.ca to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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

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[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 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"

[–] Land_Strider@lemmy.world 4 points 7 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.

[–] Amaltheamannen@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Ive never heard the sand in foot as a Swede.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Amaltheamannen@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 months ago

Nordöstra delen av Storstockholm