ANST - Smalls
Mark.S Harris
rsve60 at email.sps.mot.com
Wed Jun 23 10:00:21 PDT 1999
Dennis Grace wrote:
> >Thank you Diarmuit for this wonderful bit of info. As the one that started
> >off
> >this thread by suggesting to Lady Celeste that "children" might be a better
> >choice than "smalls", I must now modify my original comment if not it's
> >intent.
> >I see now that "smalls" might be appropriate but may be derogatory.
>
> Um, no. Berengaria's research demonstrates that "smalls" is not an
> appropriate contraction of "small clothes" and, therefore, post-period. Her
> article does *not* support the use of the word "smalls" in reference to
> children.
Then how would you interpret this line in the context of the article:
"Small" in the Middle Ages still referred to something that was inferior.
> Sir Lyonel Oliver Grace
Stefan li Rous
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