Short people have been called little people as well. Another name for short people is midgets. Small people is also a name that short people have been referred as.
There were no short stories, there were no books like we know today, there were no newspapers. The stories that were around were told orally from one person to another. The printing press hadn't been invented and people couldn't read.
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myopia
It depends if people call him tom or timothy. if his real name is tom than you cant call him timothy, but if its his nickname then yes. Tom is short for Thomas and Tim is short for Timothy
sheet(?)
Seth is a standalone name and is not typically short for another name. It has Hebrew origins and means "appointed" or "placed."
"Hollie" is a name that is not typically a shortened form of another name. It is generally used as a standalone name.
H.O.S for short
Triplet
A carbine, if it's short enough.
working memory
Another name is Pedistrian