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

Wed Jul 29, 2015, 04:42 PM

Jul 2015

often talked about.

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

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is the word midget now considered an insult? [View all] 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

good to know, hollysmom Jul 2015 #8