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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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[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 419 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (9 children)

The Spanish version is my favourite: la derecha oprime y la izquierda libera (the right oppresses and the left liberates)

[–] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 55 points 1 month ago

Oh wow that one is really good :D

[–] sepiroth154@feddit.nl 29 points 1 month ago

I'm using this in every language I speak from now on!

[–] MudMan@fedia.io 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I had never heard that before. Is that a region or country-specific thing?

[–] Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago

Definitely not a common phrase. I've never heard of it (from Spain) and I just asked about 10 others from other countries and only one has. We usually would just say clockwise or counterclockwise

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 3 points 1 month ago

Isn't everything in Spanish?

[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

Holy shit, fucking hell, now this is some goddamn wordplay!

I’m stealing this like the fucking British Museum.

[–] Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I don't speak Spanish, but is there a reason this works well as a mnemonic? Like is there a reason you can't misremember it as la izquierda oprime y la derecha libera? Because the English phrase works by alliteration.

Edit: i guess if you think of it in terms of politics that helps

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 11 points 1 month ago

¡Gracias por la lección de español de hoy!

[–] BlastboomStrice@mander.xyz 11 points 1 month ago

I think I saw that on reddit 2years ago, thank you for reminding me how's the actual saying (I ~have adopted ever since I saw it, lol)

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

That's awesome.