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

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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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[-] NostraDavid@programming.dev 10 points 4 months ago

DROL: Dicht Rechts, Open Links.

I think I just prefer Links Los, which implies that the other way tightens.

Dutch, BTW.

[-] olafurp@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

"Eins og kókflaska" or "Same as a Coca Cola bottle", not universal in Iceland though

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[-] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 9 points 4 months ago

If japanese has one, I've never heard it. Japanese wife hasn't either. She was surprised it's a thing. She said maybe tradesmen might, but certainly nothing everyone knows

[-] vatlark@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

So when someone changes a light bulb, which direction to turn is just a feeling in their bones?

That's fair.

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[-] AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml 9 points 4 months ago

I remember it as right hand screw rule

[-] UncleGrandPa@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

Gas pipes. All gas fittings are reversed threaded. So it is virtually impossible to connect one to the other.

[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 8 points 4 months ago

Never heard it in Polish but we generally don't need a mnemonic to remember which side is left and which is right (except in politics).

[-] kubica@fedia.io 8 points 4 months ago

One mnemonic is to imagine yourself opening a jar.

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