A common question to parents of twins is: "Do they have their own language?"  People asked me that when the boys were not even 18 months old yet.  Dudes, they don't speak any language yet, much less their own.

And actually, twin inventing their own language is relatively rare.  That is, creating their own words.  But Benjamin and Jonah have started putting together English words to create their own insults.

Somewhere they picked up the phrase "go away."  They are not supposed to say "go away" to people.  They can say it to their toys, mosquitoes, and the rain, but not other people.

Even so, when they are angry and frustrated with each other, it's their insult of choice: "Go way, Jonah!" along with a flinging arm motion.

And this makes sense - they can understand that it's a negative phrase because they're not supposed to say it.  but it's what they sometimes add at the end for extra effect that's so strange:  "Go way, Benjamin!  You're silly Samantha!"

What the heck?

We do have a friend named Samantha, but it's not like we sit around talking about how silly she is...