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Is it really ok to laugh at dwarfs or do you think that because some use the condition to be on the television and not usually in a serious role that it's something to be expected?

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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 4,764
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    It's better than hitting them. I've read that happens. :(
  • Pet1986Pet1986 Posts: 7,701
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    I dont laugh at dwarfs.. and i find Peter Dinklage from Game of Thrones HOT..!

    http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef0162ffa5525b970d-600wi
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 4,764
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    Anyway, enough of this talk of dwarfs. What are your views on dwarves?
  • irishguyirishguy Posts: 22,172
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    I've heard its considered an insult to call them the wrong term. Calling a dwarf a midget and vice versa is similar to suggesting his mother sucks the cocks of paying men!
  • swingalegswingaleg Posts: 103,090
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    strange innit...........how they're considered funny because they're little

    children are little but no one bursts out laughing when they see one
  • SupratadSupratad Posts: 10,442
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    irishguy wrote: »
    I've heard its considered an insult to call them the wrong term. Calling a dwarf a midget and vice versa is similar to suggesting his mother sucks the cocks of paying men!

    Without kneeling.
  • The FBIThe FBI Posts: 2,205
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    ninjahandfriend wrote: »
    It's better than hitting them. I've read that happens. :(

    Yes, I read about that here
  • phylo_roadkingphylo_roadking Posts: 21,339
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    Anyway, enough of this talk of dwarfs. What are your views on dwarves?

    Exactly...
    how they're considered funny because they're little

    ..except the ones with all the hair and chainmail and axes. Noone laughs at them....twice...
  • PankrationPankration Posts: 555
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    phylo_roadking wrote: »
    Exactly...



    ..except the ones with all the hair and chainmail and axes. Noone laughs at them....twice...

    and NOBODY tosses one of them!
  • PootmatootPootmatoot Posts: 15,640
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    ninjahandfriend wrote: »
    Anyway, enough of this talk of dwarfs. What are your views on dwarves?


    I seem to remember they're "dwarfs" if they're from Middle Earth.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 806
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    ninjahandfriend wrote: »
    Anyway, enough of this talk of dwarfs. What are your views on dwarves?

    Dwarfs vs. dwarves

    Dwarfs is the standard plural of the noun dwarf. This has been so for centuries. Dwarves is a variant popularized (though not invented) by English author J.R.R. Tolkien in his fantasy fiction works, including The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. The Tolkien spelling is appropriate when referring to little people in fantasy worlds. Dwarfs is better everywhere else.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 806
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    I'd just like to add I am a dwarf :)
  • irishguyirishguy Posts: 22,172
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    msmasood wrote: »
    I'd just like to add I am a dwarf :)

    Cool. So is that true about the midget thing...? And is there any advantage to being a dwarf over a midget?
  • SupratadSupratad Posts: 10,442
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    Is it a war that has raged throughout time, like in Twilight?
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 4,764
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    msmasood wrote: »
    I'd just like to add I am a dwarf :)
    Hello. I hope nobody has hit you. :(
  • phylo_roadkingphylo_roadking Posts: 21,339
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    Hello. I hope nobody has hit you

    Don't make the obvious tossing joke, Don't make the obvious tossing joke, Don't make the obvious tossing joke...
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 806
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    The difference is a midget is someone who is small but in proportion where as us dwarfs are small with legs and arms that aren't in proportion to the rest of our body. I guess for an easier life being a midget would be better.
  • PootmatootPootmatoot Posts: 15,640
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    msmasood wrote: »
    Dwarfs vs. dwarves

    Dwarfs is the standard plural of the noun dwarf. This has been so for centuries. Dwarves is a variant popularized (though not invented) by English author J.R.R. Tolkien in his fantasy fiction works, including The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. The Tolkien spelling is appropriate when referring to little people in fantasy worlds. Dwarfs is better everywhere else.


    Loaves, halves, calves, thieves, leaves, wolves all disagree...

    They were all probably -fs at some point, but "ːfz" is a very un-English vocal movement, whereas "ːvz" is quite natural.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 806
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    ninjahandfriend wrote: »
    Hello. I hope nobody has hit you. :(

    No nobody has hit or tossed me...worst that's happened is people take photo's, that's all :)
  • irishguyirishguy Posts: 22,172
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    msmasood wrote: »
    The difference is a midget is someone who is small but in proportion where as us dwarfs are small with legs and arms that aren't in proportion to the rest of our body. I guess for an easier life being a midget would be better.

    Still, I bet there are times when that can come in useful... okay, maybe not clothes shopping but other situations
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 4,764
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    Pootmatoot wrote: »
    Loaves, halves, calves, thieves, leaves, wolves all disagree...

    They were all probably -fs at some point, but "ːfz" is a very un-English vocal movement, whereas "ːvz" is quite natural.
    Chief chieves? Chef cheves? It's interesting though.
  • Akane TendoAkane Tendo Posts: 4,454
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    ninjahandfriend wrote: »
    Hello. I hope nobody has hit you. :(

    Good job The Wizard isn't here. :D
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    Supratad wrote: »
    Without kneeling.

    That's amusing :) unfortunately I'm just that bit too tall, dam that leg lengthening!
  • culturemancultureman Posts: 11,701
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    "Porgs" seems to have fallen out of fashion.
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