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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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vatlark@lemmy.world to 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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  • Deadlytosty@feddit.nl
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    In Dutch we have DROL, Dicht recht, open links. So close right, open left as a very strict translation. But DROL is also Dutch for turd.

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      A droll factoid.

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      Never heard of that, I just remembered from my dad that clockwise is tight and counterclockwise is loose.

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        Same here, except for my dad, he is clumsy as hell.

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      Huh, I always say links los, rechts rotsvast

      Edit: or, this: links verlost, rechts rekent in

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