is the word midget now considered an insult?

[hollysmom]

I have to admit I used it the other day and than though, oh, I should not have said that I should have said short person. I think that it was an acceptable word most of my life but not now. i was talking about low ceilings and a house built for not tall people. Luckily, the guy i said it to was my age and did not flinch.

edited for typos.

[Warren Stupidity]

1. yes, where "now" encompasses the last 20 years or so. nt.

[hollysmom]

5. a mere fraction of my existence

hey, I have been retired for almost 15 years now, don't talk to many people anymore. Like I said, I am lucky I was talking to an equally old guy.

[PoliticAverse]

3. From 2005...

http://www.rogerebert.com/rogers-journal/dwarfs-little-people-and-the-m-word

[hollysmom]

4. thanks for the article, I have not used that word for like forever,

I have no idea how it popped into my head, except I think someone used it in reference to the low ceilings over 30 years ago.
I will certainly avoid using it in the future. I generally try to not use offensive words.

[applegrove]

6. I have made the same mistake once. Unfortunately I was

talking to a psychiatrist so I probably got judged on that. My bad. I guess I just never had occasion to talk about small persons since the 1970s when I was a child and the bad word was still in use. I certainly learned my lesson. I was mortified.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

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

often talked about.

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

[hollysmom]

8. good to know,

But I thought they were always deaf - hearing impaired to me are people who still have some hearing, like me, there are only certain keys I don't hear, so I mostly hear normally unless you fall on that key (G).