On the Ted radio hour, linguist Ann Curzan says she gets a lot of complaints about people using the pronoun they to refer to one person.
I sometimes get into arguments with people where they will say to me, but it can't be singular.
And I will say, but it is the history behind words causing a lot of debate.
That's on the Ted radio hour from NPR.
From why Yy in Philadelphia, I'm Tanya Moseley with FreSH AIr Weekend today, Brittany Greiner talks about the physical and emotional hell of her nearly 300 days in russian prisons.
Greiner is a WNBA star and two time Olympic gold medalist.
She was convicted of smuggling a significant amount of an illegal drug, but it was discovered that she had two used cartridges with a tiny amount of medically prescribed cannabis.
During a prison psychiatric evaluation, she was at risk of being placed in a psych ward if she didn't answer questions.
One of the questions was, so how long have you had sick thoughts?
When did you decide to be gay?
And I told him I didn't decide and I never had sick thoughts.
Also, we'll talk about plant intelligence with climate journalist Zoe Schlanger.
And jazz historian Kevin Whitehead will review a 1959 Sonny Rollins reissue that's coming up on fresh Air.
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