New York – Viral YouTube Video Of Babbling Twin Babies Has Experts Talking

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    Twin brothers Sam and Ren, 18 months old, appear to be talking to each other in a video that has gone viral since it was posted to YouTube in February.New York – A viral video of two diaper-clad babies babbling in the kitchen has people wondering what the tots are talking about.

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    Eighteen-month-old fraternal twin boys Sam and Ren appear to be having a grown-up conversation complete with questions, answers, facial expressions and gestures — even the odd laugh. But they aren’t speaking English.

    “These kids are right on the cusp of language,” said Stephen Camarata, professor of hearing and speech Sciences at Vanderbilt Kennedy Center in Nashville Tenn.

    Instead of producing words, the boys are making different sounds in the tone and rhythm of speech.

    “They’re using the intonation patterns of sentences — imitating sentences in a crude way,” Camarata said. “It’s one way that children learn how to talk.”

    “Even before they have words, they know how conversation works,” said Dr. Roberta Golinkoff, education professor and director of the infant language project at the University of Delaware in Newark.

    “They’re producing syllables emphatically and using them for communication purposes,” she said. “They’re having a ball.”

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    12 years ago

    big deal. Most kids do this. Thing is that in america kids are a novelty

    shvigger
    shvigger
    12 years ago

    “They’re producing syllables emphatically and using them for communication purposes,” she said. “They’re having a ball.” “

    Wow! It takes a college degree to figure this out.

    12 years ago

    This is to cute for words!

    Babishka
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    Babishka
    12 years ago

    They’re so cute!

    Leroy1
    Leroy1
    12 years ago

    They clearly are communicating. Its not merely babbling. Their eyes are locked on each other and their gestures are reciprocated in kind. Almost mind boggling.

    basmelech
    basmelech
    12 years ago

    They’re cute but, all they’re saying is da da da da da etc. nothing like my twin grandchildren, who at 9 months have a much more varied vocabularly!

    MordyS
    MordyS
    12 years ago

    I saw this video on Jimmy Kimmel…One of the best baby videos of all time

    X
    X
    12 years ago

    I watched the video and its clear that all they are doing is making sounds and motions and entertaining each other. This cant be called communication as they do not appear to understand each other at all.

    12 years ago

    If you watch is carefully all they are doing is mimicking each other, nothing more.

    12 years ago

    What are they doing so close to the oven, stove, and other major appliances? Very dangereous indeed.

    speakup
    speakup
    12 years ago

    One of them sounds just like my ex-husband. He never made any sense either.

    Normal
    Normal
    12 years ago

    #13 #14 You sound like my mother-in-law, always complaining.

    MonseyMom2
    MonseyMom2
    12 years ago

    I laughed so hard my eyes are tearing!!!! I think the first kid is trying to find his missing sock, and then it looks like they’re working on a business deal. Look at the body language! “No Way!” “This much” “Higher!” “I’m not budging.” Anyway, they must’ve inherited smart genes form the mother- she saves a lot of $ by buying Target diapers. They were the same as the brand names that cost 1.5- 2 times as much.

    12 years ago

    13, 14, and 15, you sound like a pack of women sharing their labor and delivery horror stories – so busy trying to get sympathy for you own stories and woes that you have long since lost track about what the original conversation was about.

    12 years ago

    Heard that someone suggested a nomination for best foreign language film… absolutely we agree!