Alpo Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 (edited) Twins are frequently named similar to each other. At least in fiction. While I have met four sets of identical twins in my life - well, three identicals and a mirror - I don't remember their names. It's been 40 or 50 years. Except one of the girls were Donna and Deborah. We were in band together. One plate of (played a, otto you dork) flute and the other was a trumpet. Three sets of girls, one set of boys. The boys were the mirrors. Dean and Doug. I just remembered their names. They were also in band with me. One play a sax and I think the other one was a cornet. Still can't think of the other girls. They were children of coworkers. I obviously didn't know them as well as I did classmates. I remember one set was blonde and one set was redhead. But in fiction. You have some of the dumbest things people do to those poor children. There's an online story where the girls' names are Holly and Molly. That's bad. The worst I had ever heard was in the Westlake novel Two Much. We have Beth and Betty - EliZabeth and EliSabeth. Gave the poor girls the same name, just changed the spelling. But I just found one that's worse than Beth and Betty. They are a pair of lady wrestlers in a web comic. Mel and Lissa. Edited February 22 by Alpo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 My wife had four cousins in the same family: Kenny, Kevin, Karen, and Kelly. I think it was Kevin and Kelly that were twins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 I've known... Brett and Brad (identical) Glenda and Brenda Melissa (Missy) and Priscilla (Prissy) (identical) Kathy and Kate (identical) I actually went out with both Kathy and Kate although I didn't know it at the time. They may have looked identical but Kathy was far different than Kate...far, far different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horace Patootie, SASS #35798 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Twin ladies; Fredna and Tedna. I am not kidding either. Horace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgavin Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 I am told an Italian uncle was allowed to name the twins while Mom was in recovery. He named the first Denise... the other he named Denephew 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stump Water Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 A co-worker has identical twin sons. He says when they get in an argument and it resorts to name-calling one will tell the other he's ugly. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Jean and Joan in high school. Not identical in any way. Eula and Beula, my father' sisters. I never met them nor knew much about them except they were spinster ladies who lived in a Christian community of some sort. Then there were twins whose names I can't recall. Couldn't tell them apart until the freshman year of high school when one developed boobs and the other grew a mustache and sideburns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 BTW, I am an identical twin. I'm three years older than my sister. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 38 minutes ago, bgavin said: I am told an Italian uncle was allowed to name the twins while Mom was in recovery. He named the first Denise... the other he named Denephew BOO....BOOOO....BOOOOO..............BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Stump Water Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Not twins, but... Around here giving ALL your kids similar names seems like the thing to do. Just coworkers kids, you have Jody, Judy & Johnny; Eric & Evan; Dylan & Dalton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Flora and Fauna… 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 My father was Roy, his twin brother was Ray. My wife went to school with twins Charles and Charley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 taught a pair of mirror boys--5th grade Matt John never cold tell them apart--drove the classes crazy as they would yell out all sorts of differences for me to notice--still "no joy" for me just called both, Matt-John for the entire year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted February 22 Author Share Posted February 22 My understanding of mirror twins is they are called that because it's like looking in the mirror. Dave and Doug not only part of their hair on different sides of their head, but one was left-handed and the other was right-handed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 sandy and sharon on my mothers side that i knew - i never knew the other pair that died before i was born , on my fathers side it was sandy and andy , they were all fun girls and they were all very good to me even tho they were older , , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. R. Hugh Kidnme Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 My nephews - Griffin & Cole From my hometown - Burt & Kurt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Graybeard Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Cousins on my mothers side...identicle...Arlys and Marlys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 I worked for triplets way back when: Roy, Loy, and Coy. They didn't look, act, or sound alike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Coroner Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 I’m an identical twin. Brian and Bruce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Our neighbors had 4 boys, about 2 years between each of them. James, John, Joel, Jeffrey. Hearing the mom calling them in for dinner was interesting, "Jimmy, Johnny, Joely, Jeffrey! Dinner!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry T Harrison Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 My aunt had seven children five girls and two boys. The girls first names were all Mary. One son married a girl named Mary the other a girl named Terry. Another uncle named all of his kids with names starting with K My twin grandsons are named Joel and Elijah. The only way I can tell them apart is one is left handed and wears glasses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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