Does each language have "lefty loosey righty tighty"?

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Does each language have "lefty loosey righty tighty"?

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)

Oh wow that one is really good :D



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


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

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


Isn't everything in Spanish?



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

I’m stealing this like the fucking British Museum.


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)


¡Gracias por la lección de español de hoy!


That's awesome.



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