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ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 10 months ago

Why don't we refer to twins and triples as a litter?

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Why don't we refer to twins and triples as a litter?

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ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 10 months ago

Technically they’re littermates…

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Because then if your twin children got into a fight whilst cutting out paper star decorations you would get to say its star craft brood war.

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