He [The original poster?] was indeed a male, but, like you Chris, his [the parents of the original poster?] had the PC foresight to provide him [the original poster?] with a gender neutral name. Cary Reisman

> So, I was simply throwing out the idea of using "(s)he" > as something > less awkward and difficult than trying to balance the number of "his"s > and "her"s in a document - as the original situation was posed, the > author got tripped up trying to do it, until he (there we go again, > but the original poster was a he ;=) had to apply a great deal of > sweat in redrafting it. > > How 'bout "you all" and "them all" ;=) ? > > Chris Mohr > USSF 8