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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 9 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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[–] hondaguy97386@sh.itjust.works 20 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Always called it "Ant races"

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That's neat! What's your country/region?

[–] hondaguy97386@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

Oregon, USA about 30 years ago

[–] SpaghettiYeti@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

I use a related phrase in Photoshop. If you have something selected, the movement around the thing is "running ants".