Someone mentions they've found an old photograph with them and myself depicted on it, and says "We looked so different, the both of us".
Does this mean:
- We looked different from each other, but now we look more similar.
- Each of us individually looks different from how we looked like back then.
- Both of the above, requiring further context.
My gut instinct tells me that just saying "We looked so different" suggest #1, but adding "the both of us" shifts it more in the direction of #2.