Re: Twin speak

On Sun, 8 Oct 2000, Sally Caves wrote:

> This is called "idioglossia," and has been referred to in popular
> parlance as "twin speak."  It's very interesting that your
> mother ran across such twins.  How developed was their language?
I really don't know.  But they could talk to each other without anybody
understanding them. Their English was also affected -- they had a very odd
pronunciation and intonation. I'd really like to get in contact with them
again now that I understand linguistics a little more. I might be able to
make sense of what they're doing -- if they still do it.

Marcus