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[-] [email protected] 55 points 1 year ago

The German one is not that... Liberating:

So lang das Deutsche Reich besteht, wird die Schraube rechts gedreht.

As long as the German empire exists, the screw gets turned right. It's a bit dated.

[-] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago

We must revive the German Empire to preserve the integrity of our screws and bolts!

[-] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

Poland and France are not going to be happy

[-] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

That's funny. How does that one help exactly?

[-] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago

It's a very long rhyme. It's what the Germans have instead of humor.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I think the German is more like "the screw screws to the right", implying to unscrew turn left. And it's relying on alliteration as the mnemonic device.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Mit rechts steckt’s, mit links gelingt’s.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago
[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

I love the Spanish language

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

it really is a lovely language (but im a bit biased)

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

My assumption is that this is civil war related but can anybody speak to it's origins?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Why would it have to do with any civil war?

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Maybe because it was a left versus right conflict leading to decades of Franco's more or less fascist dictatorship.

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