Does each language have “lefty loosey righty tighty”?

@vatlark@lemmy.world · edit-2 6M

Does each language have “lefty loosey righty tighty”?

ddh · edit-2 6M

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

@bdonvr@thelemmy.club · 6M

¡Gracias por la lección de español de hoy!

Jeena · 6M

Oh wow that one is really good :D

@Dasus@lemmy.world · 6M

That’s awesome.

MudMan · 6M

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

Canadian_Cabinet · 6M

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 · 6M

Isn’t everything in Spanish?

@INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone · 6M

BASED

Blastboom Strice · 6M

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)

@sepiroth154@feddit.nl · 6M

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

Tanis Nikana · 6M

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

I’m stealing this like the fucking British Museum.

Xavienth · edit-2 6M

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