YOU SAID:
my mother said i was tiny but i was 20 inches to tall
INTO JAPANESE
私の母は私が小さいと言ったが、私は背が20インチだった
BACK INTO ENGLISH
My mother said I was small but I was 20 inches tall
INTO JAPANESE
私の母は私が小さいと言ったが、私は20インチの高さだった
BACK INTO ENGLISH
My mother said I was small but I was 20 inches high
INTO JAPANESE
私の母は私が小さいと言ったが、私は20インチの高さだった
BACK INTO ENGLISH
My mother said I was small but I was 20 inches high
That didn't even make that much sense in English.