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Gold's Gym LaGrange
258 Titusville Road
Poughkeepsie, NY
845-463-4800
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845-926-7829
robm@goldsgymhv.com
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Myth #3: All twins share a
"secret language."
This can be true and false. The
official term to describe the phenom-
enon of twin language is "idioglos-
sia." It is more likely to happen in
monozygotic, or identical twins,
but it's actually quite rare for twins
to develop a true language of their
own.
Danielle Coffey, a mother to 18
month-old identical twins Starrleigh
and Kalleigh, noticed this about her
daughters, "My girls are behind in
speech, so it is a little difficult to say
for sure, but they do have 'conversa-
tions' that I cannot understand!"
Twins tend to mimic the speech
patterns of their siblings, which
could lead to the misconception that
they share a secret language. Like
any two people who spend most
of their time together, they learn
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Amanda Doty of Saugerties had two sets of twin girls before she had her singleton boy. Faith
and Destiny are 17, Ava and Paige are 5, and Keegan is 3.
