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RyanMcGreal on Jan 15, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Hitchens examines the, like, unstoppable onslaught...

I can't comment on the collective voting pattern on HN, but my objection to Hitchens' piece is that he buries what might have been an interesting etymology of "like" under a mountain of prescriptive humbug.

robg on Jan 15, 2010 [–]

Fair enough. But that is Hitchens. You didn't have to click the link to know that's his MO.

RyanMcGreal on Jan 15, 2010 | [–]

Ah, Hitchens. The right wing can have him. :)

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