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

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days 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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[–] FUsername@feddit.org 3 points 4 days ago

Not really a mnemonic in German, but I once learned how to remember of the moon was in first or third quarter by comparing the form of the crescent with the Vereinfachte Ausgangsschrift cursive letters "a" (abnehmender Mond, first quarter crescent) and "z" (zinehmender Mond, third quarter crescent). The same applies to screws watching from the top, cursive "a" is for "auf" (open) and "z" for zu (close). By reading the comments, this is somewhat the closest you get to your mnemonic.

[–] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Count it outer clockwise

Crank it right in?

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[–] finickydesert@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I can easily imagine: "right is right left gets you / it left"

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[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml -5 points 3 days ago

I like this one more.

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