{"id":108702,"date":"2022-01-13T09:00:04","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T14:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=108702"},"modified":"2022-01-13T06:42:40","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T11:42:40","slug":"london-times-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=108702","title":{"rendered":"([London] Times) Microsoft Word introduces new \u2018woke\u2019 feature to suggest PC alternatives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The line Neil Armstrong uttered when he stepped on the Moon \u2014 \u201cThat\u2019s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind\u201d \u2014 is deemed problematic by the software, which suggests changing \u201cmankind\u201d to \u201chumankind\u201d or \u201chumanity\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The children\u2019s cartoon Postman Pat also fails the inclusivity test, with the software preferring \u201cmail carrier\u201d Pat or \u201cpostal worker\u201d Pat.<\/p>\n<p>The software also offers to tweak Billy Paul\u2019s 1970s hit Me and Mrs Jones to a more modern Me and Ms Jones, while Barry Manilow\u2019s infamous Lola in the song Copacabana might more appropriately be referred to as a performing artist rather than a showgirl.<\/p>\n<p>Other words to change include \u201cheadmaster\u201d (Word suggests \u201cprincipal\u201d), \u201cmaster\u201d (\u201cexpert\u201d), \u201cmanpower\u201d (\u201cworkforce\u201d) and \u201cheroine\u201d (\u201chero\u201d).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/4afe0986-7456-11ec-aacf-0736e08b15cd?shareToken=259ae50b2a8d5cbd3e8d948b711cee50\">Read it all<\/a> (subscription required).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Smart guy that George Orwell<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ISOyzqMsca\">https:\/\/t.co\/ISOyzqMsca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Parry (@davidparry100) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidparry100\/status\/1481590682162708482?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The line Neil Armstrong uttered when he stepped on the Moon \u2014 \u201cThat\u2019s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind\u201d \u2014 is deemed problematic by the software, which suggests changing \u201cmankind\u201d to \u201chumankind\u201d or \u201chumanity\u201d. The children\u2019s<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=108702\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175,589,122,151,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anthropology","category-corporationscorporate-life","category-language","category-politics-in-general","category-science-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=108702"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108707,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108702\/revisions\/108707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=108702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=108702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=108702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}