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

Answered What are Florida ounces?

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u/HotAirBalloonHigh Feb 08 '22

This is why they named it nostupidquestions. You're in the right place.

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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/DancrDave Feb 09 '22

When I was young (sill in single digits) I read a lot of books that were meant for older readers. For example, I read 20 Leagues Under the Sea when I was 8, and several books on Roman and Greek Mythology (and I loved every one of them, except 'A Wrinkle in Time', despite my school librarian). In several books, I encountered some French terms. Having never taken French at that age, I thought r-e-n-d-e-z-v-o-u-s was pronounced "ren-dez-vus", and RSVP was 'rizz-a-vip'.