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#162428 10/09/2006 12:46 PM
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Does anyone know of a word that refers to siblings born on the same day in different years? Thanks.

#162429 10/09/2006 4:34 PM
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In our language we call them "birthday twins".

But maybe you could make a new word and call them twibbles!

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#162430 10/10/2006 11:37 AM
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Thanks!

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> twibbles

heh.

or twiblings.


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I like twibblings!

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> twibblings

team effort ftw!



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Quote:

... and call them twibbles!




Och, no, cap'n! The twibbles have eaten all the qwadwo twiticawe!!!

(Sorry, I know -- a trekkie reference in two opposing accents - I guess you had to be there)

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Ach, well it's perfectly allright. U zyno- h7ne yn oy 7 n7wq oh7o wsxhg.

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Was that Elmer Fudd as Mr. Scott?


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Twiblings (single "b", I guess?) is great! I vote it in.


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