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From: "Mike Lyle" <mike_lyle_uk@REMOVETHISyahoo.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: What is the definition of "paradine shift".
Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 16:53:57 +0100
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Miss Elaine Eos wrote:
> In article <3f40vbF5s5emU2@individual.net>,
> "Mike Lyle" <mike_lyle_uk@REMOVETHISyahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Scotius wrote:
>>> On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 01:43:33 -0600, Bob@newsgroup.net wrote:
>>>
>>>> What is the definition of "paradine shift". Is paradine a real
>>>> word and did I spell it correctly.
>
>>> It's "paradigm", and it's pronounced "paradeem". A paradigm is
>>> an idea, so a paradigm shift is a change in thought.
>
>> Pronounced "paradime" (dum-di-dum, of course) on these lips.
>
> Pronounced "paradime" here, too.
>
> Also a paradigm is more than just an idea, it's a whole set of
ideas
> that, together, form a way of looking at things. So a "paradigm
> shift" is a whole different way of looking at things.
Glad to meet with agreement. Though remember the word's basic
meaning, just "model" or "pattern", can apply on a small scale; my
own first acquaintance with it was as the "grid" displaying
verb-forms in the grammar book.
(My message received a bizarrely excitable response from somebody,
and I wondered what I'd done. I concluded that he thought
"dum-di-dum" was an insult rather than a crude indication of the
stressed syllables! You meet all sorts round here.)
--
Mike.
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