[Ads-l] Brother, can you spare a paradigm? (Brother / Sister, can you paradigm)

[Ben Yagoda]

> On Oct 4, 2021, at 12:00 AM, ADS-L automatic digest system <LISTSERV at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> wrote:
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> Date:    Sun, 3 Oct 2021 21:17:38 -0400
> From:    ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM <mailto:adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM>>
> Subject: Brother, can you spare a paradigm? (Brother / Sister, can you paradigm)
> 
> Way back in September 2011 Jim Landau mentioned on this list that he
> had seen the following bumper sticker:
> http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2011-September/113075.html <http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2011-September/113075.html>
> 
> SHIFT HAPPENS
> CAN YOU SPARE A PARADIGM?
> 
> I replied that I had been exploring the following sayings:
> http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2011-September/113076.html <http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2011-September/113076.html>
> 
> 1) brother, can you spare a paradigm
> 2) brother, can you paradigm
> 
> Now, after a short delay of ten years a Quote Investigator article has
> been posted:
> https://quoteinvestigator.com/2021/10/03/paradigm/ <https://quoteinvestigator.com/2021/10/03/paradigm/>
> 
> Feedback welcome,
> Garson

Garson, here’s a 1994 example, from the headline to a short essay about critical theory I wrote for the NY Times Week in Review section, which (unlike your other examples) used “Buddy” instead of “Brother.”

https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/04/weekinreview/ideas-trends-retooling-critical-theory-buddy-can-you-paradigm.html?smid=url-share <https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/04/weekinreview/ideas-trends-retooling-critical-theory-buddy-can-you-paradigm.html?smid=url-share>

Ben



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