[1778] in Central_America
Re: New quotes for Mon Sep 18
amgreene@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (amgreene@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Mon Sep 18 13:41:18 1989
AFS addendum...
The neutral pronoun "he (slash) she"
has come into its glory.
In conversation, though, some say,
it tens to sound quite gory.
The British, in their wisdom, call
the "/" an oblique stroke,
Which offers a solution for
the language as it's spoke.
To dodge offensive references
say "he (oblique stroke) she."
So noone claims that you endorse
such gross mysogyny.
For surely here's a case in which
we each react uniquely.
Faced with a choice, would you opt to
be slashed -- or stroked obliquely?
(NYT letter to the editor, Thursday, 14 Sept '89)
