Learn English – How to show radio interferences in writing

word-request

In writing when we want to show the reader that there are radio interferences so some words of the broadcaster are lost, how to write it? What is the classic or the preferable way?

In Russian it's usually just "шшшшш.. шшш" or like that.

I imagine it should be something like:

[Broadcast] "And now we.." Shhhh.. "the.." Shhhh.. "..a happy day."

Best Answer

Answering the question "What is an onomatopoeia for radio static and the blaring noise of a TV?" the top score answerer-2018, a native English speaker from the USA, suggested to write it as "hissss..." or "hiss" for short.

Not having found any other online solution to your question, I would rely either on that answer or on @Michael Harvey's suggestion, depending on whether the sound is being heard as voiced or unvoiced.

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