On the Ted Radio Hour, linguist Anne 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.

The Peacock series We Are Lady Parts is a bold bracing and very funny comedy about an up-and-coming

London punk band called Lady Parts.

The members of Lady Parts and its manager are all young Muslim women from various

racial and ethnic backgrounds.

Over the course of its first season, each member experiences triumphs and setbacks,

none more so than its nervous lead guitarist who strives to overcome her stage fright

and to keep her involvement to the band's secret.

The show is about to return for a new season, so we thought and to keep her involvement to the band's secret.

The show is about to return for a new season,

so we thought this was the perfect time to revisit our conversation about it.

I'm Glenn Weldon, and on this encore episode of NPR's pop culture happy hour,

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