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)