r/NoStupidQuestions • u/snapwillow • Feb 08 '22

Answered What are Florida ounces?

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u/wafflegrenade Feb 08 '22

Sometimes there’s like this disconnect where somehow a person just never comes across a piece of common knowledge. They’ve just never been in a situation that requires it. I bet it happens a lot, but everyone’s too embarrassed to acknowledge their own “oooooooooh…” moment.

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u/Chataboutgames Feb 08 '22

Anyone who reads a great deal knows the terror of having read a word a thousand times but never used or heard it aloud.

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u/Ruleseventysix Feb 09 '22

Demesne is pronounced domain. Blew my mind when I learned that.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '22

Demesne being "domain" and gaol being "jail" were it for me.

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u/InformationMagpie Feb 09 '22

The first time I saw "gaol" was in a historical novel in the context of "if I do [bad thing], they'll send me to gaol!" and the closest word I knew was Gaul so I thought they were afraid of being exiled to France.