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| Christian Weisgerber to Ruud Harmsen |
| Re: "a Pair of Panties" ????? |
| 06 Jul 24 13:06:06 |
From: naddy@mips.inka.de
On 2024-07-06, Ruud Harmsen wrote:
>>>>> Others like Dutch have none of it in plural or "dual".
>>>
>>> Even twins are just one "tweeling".
>>
>>What is term for each individual twin?
>
> Eén van een tweeling, one of the twins.
The related or analogously formed German "Zwilling" refers to a
single twin.
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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de
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