What is the definition of "paradine shift".

[nq:1]What is the definition of "paradine shift". Is paradine a real word and did I spell it correctly.[/nq]
"Paradigm", probably the "g" is silent.
Various meanings, but my gloss on the general meaning would be "the assumptions which underpin a generally-agreed world view".

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[nq:1]What is the definition of "paradine shift". Is paradine a real word and did I spell it correctly.[/nq]
Paradine shift...hmm. How about a scheduled period of parade duty (to paraphrase MWCD...)?
Try "paradigm shift", and it is a "real" term comprising two words. Paradigm rhymes with paradime. Here's a link that should help you understand what a paradigm shift is, though it's not far r

[nq:1]What is the definition of "paradine shift". Is paradine a real word and did I spell it correctly.[/nq]
"Paradigm." Very few people can utter "paradigm shift" and remain coherent.

Paradine is David Frost's middle name (fact).
Neil

[nq:1]What is the definition of "paradine shift". Is paradine a real word and did I spell it correctly.[/nq]
As nowadays used (and misused) "paradigm shift" can be traced to Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (2nd edn. 1970), a history of 20th physics (the Einstein revolution etc.) It means the frame of reference that governs how facts (data) are understood. Kuhn's point is

[nq:2]What is the definition of "paradine shift". Is paradine a realword and did I spell it correctly.[/nq]
[nq:1]...The word was taken up in lots of other academic disciplines e.g. sociology to mean almost anything new.[/nq]
Down to and including switching brands of hand soap in the men's room.

[nq:1]On 24 Mar 2005, wrote[/nq]
[nq:2]What is the definition of "paradine shift". Is paradine a real word and did I spell it correctly.[/nq]
[nq:1]"Paradigm", probably the "g" is silent.[/nq]
I don't know why I used to do it but I used to pronounce paradigm as in 'para-dime', but paradigmatic as 'para-dij-matic'. I think I thought that it was a bit like 'analogy' and 'analogous' - whe

[nq:2]On 24 Mar 2005, wrote "Paradigm", probably the "g" is silent.[/nq]
[nq:1]I don't know why I used to do it but I used to pronounce paradigm as in 'para-dime', but paradigmatic ... 'analogy' and 'analogous' - where the g chances sound. Fortunately I think I have only said paradigmatic twice. If that.[/nq]
"Para-dig-matic" (rather than "dij") is, of course, the right pronunciation, but

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[nq:1]I can think of examples like your "analogy/analogous" where the consonant changes sound, but offhand I can't think of other cases where a consonant is silent in the noun but pronounced in the adjective.[/nq]
A rather phlegmatic response, wouldn't you say?

johnF
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[nq:2]On 24 Mar 2005, wrote "Paradigm", probably the "g" is silent.[/nq]
[nq:1]I don't know why I used to do it but I used to pronounce paradigm as in 'para-dime', but paradigmatic ... 'analogy' and 'analogous' - where the g chances sound. Fortunately I think I have only said paradigmatic twice. If that.[/nq]
The "g" changes because of the differing sounds that follow it. If that sound is