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

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks 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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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Probably someone did. Not all English-speakers know about the first two, even though they're implied by "third".

[–] Starb3an@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yup this was me. I knew it was the third, but it never occurred to me to ask what the other 2 were

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

TBH I knew about the Kaiserreich, but I had to look up the first one myself. It was the Holy Roman Empire. (Which wasn't really much of a reich, but the Nazis weren't noted for their attention to historical accuracy)

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I daresay that 99% of "English-speakers" never wasted a thought on why the Third Reich actually was the third.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

And honestly, it could be that 90% wouldn't know what the HRE was or who the Kaiser was once you told them. It's just not a thing that usually comes up in everyday life.