A logical extension, I reckon

[Dan Goncharoff]

"We're co-workers." or "We're twins." seems pretty straightforward.

DanG


On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 4:51 PM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com>wrote:

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> I think there are multiple items with this problem. I recall asking a =
> twin about this issue and he admitted it's just difficult to express in =
> English. Both "I'm twins with" or "I'm a twin with" sound a little odd. =
> I see that "I'm brothers with" also gets hits even when referring to a =
> singular other person.
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> On Aug 14, 2013, at 1:45 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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