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# well there's that
and the fact that the pedantry was wrong
'random' as in 'an arbitrary selection' or 'a seemingly unconnected choice or decision' is an entirely acceptable use for the word.
/mathsdoctoratelinguisticspedant
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Mon 19 Apr 2004, 19:52, archived)
# but this cartoon strip was highly unlikely
to be even remotely "random" instead it would be "wacky" possibly even "zany". no offense to devil duck as such but the the mashed 4 cell strips we see on here are pretty damn formulaeic (as a rule)
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Mon 19 Apr 2004, 19:55, archived)
# fair enough
my pedantry energy is uncommonly low

(what if "andre" had turned into a marmoset in the final frame and said the words "holistic perpetrator conquest"?)
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Mon 19 Apr 2004, 19:59, archived)
# then i would probably have preferred
unexpected or unusual

though psuedo-random might have been applicable
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Mon 19 Apr 2004, 20:03, archived)
# while we're all being so pedantic....
...can you apply the word "both" to more than one object?

i.e. "I'll take both" and pick up all 3?
(pleasedeletemeplease, Mon 19 Apr 2004, 20:03, archived)
# not really ... sounds a bit odd
in french you use the equivalent of "all"
even when there's just two ... makes life (marginally) simpler
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Mon 19 Apr 2004, 20:09, archived)