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Eimai_Anglos  #420470  Tue, 18 Sep 07 10:14 AM
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Lil' Ruby Rose  #420474  Tue, 18 Sep 07 10:17 AM
Ah, but sometimes the sheer randomness of the posts of the anonymous few who float in here from Google is a delight!
  
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Anonymous  #422321  Sat, 22 Sep 07 08:01 AM
im just a kid in school and all i wanted to know was what is the difference between a dwarf and a midget and all i got was an argument about gravity with my question unanswered,
  
Anonymous  #422320  Sat, 22 Sep 07 08:01 AM
im just a kid in school and all i wanted to know was what is the difference between a dwarf and a midget and all i got was an argument about gravity with my question unanswered,
  
Clive  #422351  Sat, 22 Sep 07 11:46 AM

Hi,

But the argument was free.Wink [;)]

(And the question got answered first.)

Clive
  
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Tartan  #422568  Sun, 23 Sep 07 12:57 PM
The inane comments from the mental midgets around here have dwarfed any degree of seriousness this question might have held. The short answer is that midgets are small but properly proportioned while dwarves are small but out of proportion, or distorted. Both terms are considered offensive by many, and are not to be tossed about lightly. They say "little people" is the preferred term. Good luck.
  
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Kejian500  #422886  Mon, 24 Sep 07 12:00 PM
Dwarf mean "侏儒症" in Chinese,and midget mean "身材矮小". These two words all mean people with short stature while with normal inteligence.
  
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NNPPTT  #436946  Tue, 30 Oct 07 08:24 PM
 Swiss Jake wrote:

Hello teachers!

What is the difference between the above mentioned words? My dictionary translates it as the same.

Thank you!

Jake



Hello!

I've started using the following website when my students ask these kinds of questions.  I've never had to answer 'dwarf' vs 'midget' before, but I was pleasantly surprised to see that the website already had many aswers to that question.

http://comparati.com/1027-midgets-vs-dwarves

If you have an overhead, the display on the website is very effective.  My students love the voting, too, so their attention stays with me ;-).

-NNPPTT
  
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NNPPTT  #436950  Tue, 30 Oct 07 08:40 PM
 Anonymous wrote:
im just a kid in school and all i wanted to know was what is the difference between a dwarf and a midget and all i got was an argument about gravity with my question unanswered,


Yes... it has been a pretty disjointed string.  Please see my previous anser, found below.  And please, people, let the forum stay on track.


Hello!

I've started using the following website when my students ask these kinds of questions.  I've never had to answer 'dwarf' vs 'midget' before, but I was pleasantly surprised to see that the website already had many aswers to that question.

http://comparati.com/1027-midgets-vs-dwarves

If you have an overhead, the display on the website is very effective.  My students love the voting, too, so their attention stays with me ;-).

-NNPPTT
  
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