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Does each language have "lefty loosey righty tighty"? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by vatlark to c/[email protected]

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The world has a lot of different standards for a lot of things, but I have never heard of a place with the default screw thread direction being opposite.

So does each language have a fun mnemonic?

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[–] [email protected] 414 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (8 children)

The Spanish version is my favourite: la derecha oprime y la izquierda libera (the right oppresses and the left liberates)

[–] [email protected] 56 points 2 months ago

Oh wow that one is really good :D

[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 months ago

BASED

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago

I'm using this in every language I speak from now on!

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I had never heard that before. Is that a region or country-specific thing?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Definitely not a common phrase. I've never heard of it (from Spain) and I just asked about 10 others from other countries and only one has. We usually would just say clockwise or counterclockwise

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Isn't everything in Spanish?

[–] tanisnikana 15 points 2 months ago

Holy shit, fucking hell, now this is some goddamn wordplay!

I’m stealing this like the fucking British Museum.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

I think I saw that on reddit 2years ago, thank you for reminding me how's the actual saying (I ~have adopted ever since I saw it, lol)

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

¡Gracias por la lección de español de hoy!

[–] Dasus 3 points 2 months ago

That's awesome.