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Does each language have "lefty loosey righty tighty"?

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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  • DROL: Dicht Rechts, Open Links.

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

    Dutch, BTW.

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