Wed Jul 29, 2015, 02:48 PM

hollysmom (5,946 posts)

is the word midget now considered an insult?

I have to admit I used it the other day and than though, oh, I should not have said that I should have said short person. I think that it was an acceptable word most of my life but not now. i was talking about low ceilings and a house built for not tall people. Luckily, the guy i said it to was my age and did not flinch.

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is the word midget now considered an insult? (Original post)	hollysmom	Jul 2015	OP
yes, where "now" encompasses the last 20 years or so. nt.	Warren Stupidity	Jul 2015	#1
a mere fraction of my existence	hollysmom	Jul 2015	#5
This message was self-deleted by its author	hollysmom	Jul 2015	#2
From 2005...	PoliticAverse	Jul 2015	#3
thanks for the article, I have not used that word for like forever,	hollysmom	Jul 2015	#4
I have made the same mistake once. Unfortunately I was	applegrove	Jul 2015	#6
for a while now, but i dont blame you for not knowing. i just dont think little people are	La Lioness Priyanka	Jul 2015	#7
good to know,	hollysmom	Jul 2015	#8

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Wed Jul 29, 2015, 02:50 PM

Warren Stupidity (48,181 posts)

1. yes, where "now" encompasses the last 20 years or so. nt.

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Wed Jul 29, 2015, 03:01 PM

hollysmom (5,946 posts)

5. a mere fraction of my existence

hey, I have been retired for almost 15 years now, don't talk to many people anymore. Like I said, I am lucky I was talking to an equally old guy.

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Wed Jul 29, 2015, 02:51 PM

PoliticAverse (26,366 posts)

3. From 2005...

http://www.rogerebert.com/rogers-journal/dwarfs-little-people-and-the-m-word

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Wed Jul 29, 2015, 02:55 PM

hollysmom (5,946 posts)

4. thanks for the article, I have not used that word for like forever,

I have no idea how it popped into my head, except I think someone used it in reference to the low ceilings over 30 years ago.
I will certainly avoid using it in the future. I generally try to not use offensive words.

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Wed Jul 29, 2015, 04:27 PM

applegrove (115,538 posts)

6. I have made the same mistake once. Unfortunately I was

talking to a psychiatrist so I probably got judged on that. My bad. I guess I just never had occasion to talk about small persons since the 1970s when I was a child and the bad word was still in use. I certainly learned my lesson. I was mortified.

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Wed Jul 29, 2015, 04:42 PM

La Lioness Priyanka (53,866 posts)

7. for a while now, but i dont blame you for not knowing. i just dont think little people are

often talked about.

also we don't say hard of hearing or hearing impaired anymore, we say deaf.

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Wed Jul 29, 2015, 05:17 PM

hollysmom (5,946 posts)

8. good to know,

But I thought they were always deaf - hearing impaired to me are people who still have some hearing, like me, there are only certain keys I don't hear, so I mostly hear normally unless you fall on that key (G).

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