From: johnr_roberts@hotmail.com   
      
   On Monday, April 27, 1998 at 5:00:00 PM UTC+10, Maggie Newman wrote:   
   > In article <6i29i7$d...@panix.com>, Andrew Welsh  wrote:   
   > >   
   > >I feel obliged to point out here that I am led to believe (in part by a   
   > >story in yesterday's NY Times - which can be found by searching the   
   nytimes.com   
   > >site with the string "houston dwarf council") that the appropriate term for   
   > >persons of this nature is "Dwarf".   
   > >   
   > They are two separate things. A midget is perfectly proportioned, but   
   > small. A dwarf has a large trunk but very short arms and legs. There   
   > are certain cranial anomalies associated with dwarfs, too, I believe.   
   > Also their fingers are shaped smaller. I believe that all these people   
   > now prefer the sobriquet "little people."   
   > Maggie "no reason to live" Newman <-- no relation   
      
   I agree 100%.  This is what I was taught growing up, and I would feel obliged   
   to angrily correct someone who called me a dwarf, as I am in absolute   
   proportion, just shrunk in the wash - like the pocket-sized MG Midget sports   
   car.   
      
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