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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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[–] AMDIsOurLord@lemmy.ml 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

برفک

barfak

literally "little snow"

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 months ago

Makes it sound cute. Instead of watching the news, I'll look at a little snow.

[–] daniyeg@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

i've never interpreted that as little snow but "snow like". like لواشک isn't a small version of lavash it's similar to lavash.

[–] AMDIsOurLord@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago

Hmmm maybe you're right actually