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Thread #50288   Message #762498
Posted By: Nigel Parsons
09-Aug-02 - 07:25 AM
Thread Name: BS: The Seven Dwarves
Subject: RE: BS: The Seven Dwarves
Dave Bryant: The term is still Dwarves (or dwarfs) as else there is no way to distinguish from midgets.
The difference is not always made clear(even in dictionaries), but IIRC a midget is a human who is smaller, but in the 'normal' proportions; whilst a dwarf appears to have a head out of proportion to the reduced size of his body.

Nigel