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.
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I'm Tanya Moseley.
Today marks Juneteenth, the day in 1865 when slavery ended in Texas, two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect.
One of the Lone Star states folklore heroes of that time period is Bass Reeves, a formerly enslaved man who went on to become one of the nations first black deputy us marshals.
His story is the stuff of legend.
They say basrief spoke five tribal languages and is credited with bringing thousands of outlaws to justice.
Its a story actor David Oyelowo was obsessed with from the moment he read it, but it would take him eight years to finally get a series about Reeves maid.
Lawman Bass Reeves debuted on Paramount plus last fall.
David both produced and starred in the series, which starts in a civil war battle when an enslaved Reeves is forced by his master to fight for the confederacy.
Reeves later flees to indian territory, where he meets a us marshal who notices Reeves fluency in native languages and marksmanship.
Reeves is later deputized and given the task of capturing criminals, but an internal battle rages within Reeves as he grapples with his own sense of morality and justice.
In the season finale, Reeves goes off without official sanction to get revenge against a corrupt lawman, a Texas Ranger.
While on the hunt in a distant Texas town, a small boy utters to Bass Reeves a meaningful message.
You a lawman or an outlaw today?
A bit of both, I reckon.