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From: nather@ut-emx.UUCP (Ed Nather)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Egg on my face for breakfast, crow for lunch, humble pie for dinner
Summary: linguistic query
Keywords: wince
Message-ID: <10350@ut-emx.UUCP>
Date: 9 Feb 89 15:59:44 GMT
References: <eo4Sl#3trre0=eric@snark.uu.net>
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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In article <eo4Sl#3trre0=eric@snark.uu.net>, eric@snark.uu.net (Eric S. Raymond) writes:
> [...] and what I *thought* I saw was some random presuming to know better 
> 
> Mr. Firth is  not a random [...]

I'm interested in this use of "random" as a noun -- it's the first I've 
encountered.  Is this local usage, coined for the occasion, or what?

...just curious.

-- 
Ed Nather
Astronomy Dept, U of Texas @ Austin