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

submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 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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[–] teslasaur@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago (7 children)

I don't think we have a Swedish one. But we call clockwise "medsols" and counterclockwise "motsols". Meaning "with the sun" or "against the sun" Does everyone have reversed threads on plumbing or is that a Nordic/Swedish thing? All plumbing has the reversed rule, left tightens and right loosens.

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[–] AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml 9 points 5 days ago

I remember it as right hand screw rule

[–] espentan@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Probably a result of turning wrenches since I was first able, but that rule, to me, feels akin to "up the stairs take you up, down the stairs take you down".

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[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 9 points 5 days ago (11 children)

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

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