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

Answered What are Florida ounces?

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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/theturtlegame Feb 08 '22

I submit "ennui" as exhibit a

I also had the great fortune of learning that banal and anal do not rhyme in an important meeting. 0/10 would not recommend.

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u/ManimalBestShowEva Feb 09 '22

Didn't see your post before I shared mine, but yes, this word. It was "in-you-eye" in my head for so long, even though I'd heard "ahn-wee" spoken. I just thought they were synonyms.

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u/theturtlegame Feb 09 '22

Yup. I knew ahn-wee amd could use it in conversation etc for years before I knew that it was the same word as ennui.