vertically challenged, dwarf, midget, are there terms frowned apon or is there a technical difference? - What is the current PC term. Please no jokes.
Thanks,
2007-07-12 04:20:49 · 36 answers · asked by quiffed 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
i think they prefer "little people".
2007-07-12 04:24:24 · answer #1 · answered by sugarbabe 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
The word dwarf has generally replaced midget even for proportionally short people, though the term little person is preferred. A medical or genetic condition usually results in an adult height of 4'10" or shorter, among both men and women, although in some cases a person with a dwarfing condition may be slightly taller than that.
2007-07-12 04:43:27 · answer #2 · answered by uglybetty!! 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm one 5'1" and that means I'm short. Plain and simple...short.
I'm not a midget or dwarf as those are particular medical conditions and don't mean the same thing, so either term would be incorrect for me.
I have a friend that's a dwarf, and she prefers "little person" and said that's the correct term to call a dwarf or midget.
2007-07-12 04:25:42 · answer #3 · answered by Clare 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Most little people are correctly called Babies, or children.
Adults, and children usually have a name, that is always the prefered choice.
The proper name depends on who you say it to, dwarf can mean someone very small compared to the average for their age, a small friend liked being called Bridget the Midget, but you have answered your own question.
I am a small person, that is not my name which most people call me, but I feel no offense being refered to as a small person.
What do you call a person of average height? Their name, or an average sized person?
I know a very tall worker in a local store, I think of him as a giant, but I haven't had need to call him a giant.
2007-07-15 02:24:37 · answer #4 · answered by FairyBlessed 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think that they are known as "dwarf". I watched a programme on BBC about them and the word Dwarf was used throughought the whole show. I don't know what the PC term would be but I think that you will be O.K. with dwarf. If I have offended anyone by using this term then I do apologise.
2007-07-12 04:27:20 · answer #5 · answered by Angela M 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
"little people" as the term midget often refers to a person in the circus, otherwise referred to as a freak.
I thought "short person" was the politically correct term.
2007-07-12 04:25:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I'm small (152cm). No problem. I am not of limited stature - that implies something else. I do tend to stand a lot, when everyone else is seated, it puts me in a commanding position - just. When I was teaching, I never sat down in front of a class.
2007-07-12 22:57:33 · answer #7 · answered by cymry3jones 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yorkshire Terriers
2007-07-12 04:38:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
I think they prefer dwarf, as Dwarfism is the technical term for the condition
2007-07-14 08:33:00 · answer #9 · answered by xylina_69 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Height challenged
2007-07-12 04:44:31 · answer #10 · answered by ghouly05 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
lol i think it would probably be vertically challenged but they are just called short or small.
i dont think they like being called midget or dwarf or oompa loompa but short or small is acceptable
2007-07-14 08:29:08 · answer #11 · answered by Gnasher 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋