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vatlark@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml ·
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Does each language have "lefty loosey righty tighty"?

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Does each language have "lefty loosey righty tighty"?

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

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      Oh wow that one is really good :D

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      BASED

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

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

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        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

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        Isn’t everything in Spanish?

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

      I’m stealing this like the fucking British Museum.

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      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)

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      ¡Gracias por la lección de español de hoy!

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      I don’t speak Spanish, but is there a reason this works well as a mnemonic? Like is there a reason you can’t misremember it as la izquierda oprime y la derecha libera? Because the English phrase works by alliteration.

      Edit: i guess if you think of it in terms of politics that helps

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      That’s awesome.

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