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

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 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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[–] hikaru755@lemmy.world 33 points 2 months ago (15 children)

I'm German, and I've never heard that before. I'd be seriously weirded out by someone saying that or teaching it to their kids

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 44 points 2 months ago (14 children)

I have to admit that this is rather old. So old, in fact, that it does not refer to the Third Reich but the Kaiserreich.

[–] bungalowtill@lemmy.dbzer0.com -4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

still mentioned twice in the thread. It‘s fucked up how often one would come across Germans casually throwing around Nazi language, looking for confirmation and when not receiving it claiming it’s just innocent fun. HiHiHi

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well, but is actually is not Nazi language in this case.

[–] bungalowtill@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

you think people don’t use it in that context?

also, because you‘re so adamant, I tried to find a source for your claim. I failed. Want to share?

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

My source is my grandfather, who learned this during his vocational training, which predates the Nazis by quite a few years.

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