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

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by vatlark@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I don’t think anyone thought it was about the third reich

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Probably someone did. Not all English-speakers know about the first two, even though they're implied by "third".

[–] Starb3an@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yup this was me. I knew it was the third, but it never occurred to me to ask what the other 2 were

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

TBH I knew about the Kaiserreich, but I had to look up the first one myself. It was the Holy Roman Empire. (Which wasn't really much of a reich, but the Nazis weren't noted for their attention to historical accuracy)

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I daresay that 99% of "English-speakers" never wasted a thought on why the Third Reich actually was the third.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

And honestly, it could be that 90% wouldn't know what the HRE was or who the Kaiser was once you told them. It's just not a thing that usually comes up in everyday life.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Never underestimate the incompetence of people, especially in the US, with regards to history. Just look how they are basically trying to recreate Germany's 1933 at the moment.