“I Didn’t Realize This Until I Was 70”: 17 Common Habits People Learned Shockingly Late In Life

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“A 26-year-old at my work had never said the word archive aloud I guess. He asked me if I could teach him how to ‘our chive’ emails.”

—Grinchbettahavemymoney

“My most recent mistake was mispronouncing ‘Tagalog,’ the language Filipinos speak. I’d only ever read it, so I thought it was pronounced ‘TAG-uh-log.’ But I was corrected and told it’s ‘Tuh-GAH-log.’ Oops, but now I know! LOL, I see it kind of like when you’re learning a new piece in band or choir and your director says: ‘Make mistakes loudly, so that I know where we need work.’ If you don’t try out new words or phrases, you’ll never grow.”

—quirkyflower903

“I agree! I was in my twenties when I first heard the word ‘chameleon’ said out loud. Up until then, I thought it was ‘sham-a-lon’.”

—Chirp