<story><title>Siri, What Time Is It in London?</title><url>https://daringfireball.net/linked/2020/05/22/what-time-is-it-in-london</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>reaperducer</author><text>About once a week Siri and I have this conversation:&lt;p&gt;Me: &amp;quot;Siri, turn off the bedroom lights.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Siri: &amp;quot;OK.  Your 6am alarm is off.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;For the most part Siri works for me, with the exception of the above and her insistence on adding &amp;quot;ginger ale&amp;quot; to my grocery list as two items.&lt;p&gt;&amp;#x2F;Native English speaker, specifically trained in non-regional diction because I used to work on-air in radio.</text></item><item><author>kilo_bravo_3</author><text>Siri doesn&amp;#x27;t know that my front door is called &amp;quot;FRONT DOOR&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;I only have one smart lock, which works perfectly, and it is called &amp;quot;FRONT DOOR&amp;quot; in HomeKit.&lt;p&gt;When I ask Siri about my FRONT DOOR she responds that she cannot find it.&lt;p&gt;When I ask Siri about the status of my DOOR, she responds with &amp;quot;The FRONT DOOR is locked&amp;#x2F;unlocked&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ll then say &amp;#x27;Alright Siri you literally just used the phrase &amp;quot;FRONT DOOR&amp;quot; five seconds ago and the text transcript on the screen says &amp;quot;FRONT DOOR&amp;quot; hey Siri is my FRONT DOOR locked&amp;#x27;&lt;p&gt;Siri: WTF are you talking about? You don&amp;#x27;t have a FRONT DOOR.&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Hey Siri is my door locked&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Siri: Your FRONT DOOR is locked.&lt;p&gt;Google and Alexa handle things flawlessly.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>GloriousKoji</author><text>Me: &amp;quot;120 degrees Fahrenheit in Celsius&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Siri: &amp;quot;Contacting emergency services in five seconds&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;To be fair I was in a noisy environment and Siri only got the &amp;quot;120&amp;quot; part but seriously, why would that be okay? My phone is registered in America with an American phone number and English set as it&amp;#x27;s only language. Why should it think 120 is equivalent to 911?</text></comment>
<story><title>Siri, What Time Is It in London?</title><url>https://daringfireball.net/linked/2020/05/22/what-time-is-it-in-london</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>reaperducer</author><text>About once a week Siri and I have this conversation:&lt;p&gt;Me: &amp;quot;Siri, turn off the bedroom lights.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Siri: &amp;quot;OK.  Your 6am alarm is off.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;For the most part Siri works for me, with the exception of the above and her insistence on adding &amp;quot;ginger ale&amp;quot; to my grocery list as two items.&lt;p&gt;&amp;#x2F;Native English speaker, specifically trained in non-regional diction because I used to work on-air in radio.</text></item><item><author>kilo_bravo_3</author><text>Siri doesn&amp;#x27;t know that my front door is called &amp;quot;FRONT DOOR&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;I only have one smart lock, which works perfectly, and it is called &amp;quot;FRONT DOOR&amp;quot; in HomeKit.&lt;p&gt;When I ask Siri about my FRONT DOOR she responds that she cannot find it.&lt;p&gt;When I ask Siri about the status of my DOOR, she responds with &amp;quot;The FRONT DOOR is locked&amp;#x2F;unlocked&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ll then say &amp;#x27;Alright Siri you literally just used the phrase &amp;quot;FRONT DOOR&amp;quot; five seconds ago and the text transcript on the screen says &amp;quot;FRONT DOOR&amp;quot; hey Siri is my FRONT DOOR locked&amp;#x27;&lt;p&gt;Siri: WTF are you talking about? You don&amp;#x27;t have a FRONT DOOR.&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Hey Siri is my door locked&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Siri: Your FRONT DOOR is locked.&lt;p&gt;Google and Alexa handle things flawlessly.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ThePowerOfFuet</author><text>&amp;gt;Native English speaker, specifically trained in non-regional diction because I used to work on-air in radio.&lt;p&gt;Well there&amp;#x27;s your problem (&amp;#x2F;s): 
&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=Avp9aUkM5g0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=Avp9aUkM5g0&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>