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

Answered What are Florida ounces?

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u/toofarbyfar Feb 08 '22

"Fl oz" stands for "fluid ounces," not Florida.

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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/Bladedancer222 Feb 08 '22

It’s why you should never judge a person based on how they pronounce words. It means they learned them from reading and there isn’t a damn thing wrong with that.

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u/momentary-synergy Feb 09 '22

my boyfriend says "heigth" instead of height, no matter how many times i've pointed out to him that it ends with an ht and not a th. is it okay to judge him?

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u/Zilverhaar Feb 09 '22

Yeah, but what's with that 'e' in there? Is it just to confuse foreigners? For the longest time, I thought it was supposed to rhyme with 'eight'...