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Subject: Re: them versus him/she, which is correct?
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> 
> A non-sexist non-inanimist solution to this conundrum is to use
> the word "prolocutor".  It can mean either "spokesman/woman/person"
> or "chair/chairman/chairwoman", and by context it should be unambiguous.
> 
> ............................................................
> Mack the Knife and Jack the Rapper
> Matthew Rabuzzi

But it reminds us too much of "Mr. Interlocutor" in those old 
vaudeville routines. Everybody would be rolling on the floor in no 
time....
