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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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One mnemonic is to imagine yourself opening a jar.
I use the right hand rule - ball up your fist with your thumb sticking out, and turning in the direction of your fingers curling will result in the screw going the rest your thumb points.
Never heard it in Polish but we generally don't need a mnemonic to remember which side is left and which is right (except in politics).
Not aware of one in German.
But we have: nach fest kommt ab!
Which translates like: after tight comes off
Definitely nothing in Arabic AFAIK.
