Look who's responding at MyDD. Regularly.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

http://www.mydd.com/story/2005/2/13/18320/5613

Read down a few responses. Mr. Scotch Gargler.

[hlthe2b]

1. Gee, though.... he sounds a bit more sober, at least in print.

[Clark2008]

2. Deep Throat was a Scotch Gargler.

;)

[stevedeshazer]

3. The real C. Hitchens would never say

"In regards to..."

Sorry, I don't buy it.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

5. What would Hitch say?

"mumble, mumble, belch, fart, HOOOEEEEY!"

:evilgrin:

[stevedeshazer]

6. glug glug glug

HICK!

You got it. :)

[Psephos]

4. No chance

The diction and phrasing are starkly different from (and inferior to) Hitchens' style.

[stevedeshazer]

7. That's what I'm saying

Hitchens, despite his boozy persona, would never use such poor grammar.
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http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/errors/regards.html

Business English is deadly enough without scrambling it. “As regards your downsizing plan . . .” is acceptable, if stiff. “In regard to . . .” is also correct. But don’t confuse the two by writing “In regards to.”

[housewolf]

8. It's not him....

Click on the name and you'll see several other posts by "Christopher Hitchens." This is from one of them:

"A Veteran for Kerry on the campaign...
by Christopher Hitchens

<snip>

As a Veteran for Kerry, recently coming back from Iraq, I got invited to be a part of the campaign. I noticed right away that the operatives at first were very receptive and wanted to here what I to say. They invited me to go and speak on stage with some of Kerry's swift crew, and I even got to meet and talk to one his "band of brothers" cremates."


It's someone using the pseudoname, not the real "Hitch."