If Siri was smart like Her (movie), she would know the last name is of German origin, hence the Z sound.
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Barbra Streisand Called Tim Cook to Fix Siri's Mispronunciation of Her Name
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Personally I couldn't pass up the opportunity to poke fun at such an overinflated celebrity ego. Her legendary sense of self-importance shines though so brightly.
Ironically, the pride she shows in the pronunciation of her family name is misplaced. Her ancestors, like mine, no doubt didn't give a soggy fig newton how their names were pronounced once they arrived in the U.S.; in fact, the more American they sounded, the better. They weren't celebrating the Old County, they were escaping it.
On top of that, how many times do you think people ask Siri about Barbara Streisand, Siri repsonds with the "z" enunciation and those people think Siri is talking about some other person whose name is pronounced Barbara Streizand?
I couldn't possibly imagine being able to understand how someone can be as smug as this. I believe most celebrities would not ask Apple to correct their own name pronunciation just for the sake of not sounding like a complete narcissistic ___hole.
Maybe you're not supposed to have any real talent these days to be famous.
That's pretty ego-maniacal for her to call the CEO to fix a minor mispronunciation of her name, then tweet it like a typical "name-dropper". Can you say "DIVA"?
It's not a front page article, but rather off on the iOS Blog page.
Even with this very innocent and lighthearted rumour, I see so much negativity here. It confirms again how many people can't relate to anything outside their own precious little world or how clueless they are regarding the negativity in their messsage.
I'm not a fan of hers, but it was fun to read
I'm not a fan of hers, but it was fun to read
Now if only Rabbie Burns could phone Americans and English folk to tell them the same thing about "Auld Lang Syne".
BTW, you can teach Siri how to pronounce any contact name the way you like. You tell Siri, that is not how you pronounce it and Siri will ask you how to say it....
Here is a detail link from Macworld
http://www.macworld.com/article/2602878/how-to-correct-siris-pronunciation.html
Here is a detail link from Macworld
http://www.macworld.com/article/2602878/how-to-correct-siris-pronunciation.html
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You can only correct for yourself. And yes, I suppose you could train Siri to pronounce a name however you wanted
Right, Siri was mispronouncing my name so I corrected her, it's "Oh magnificent one."
Probably because she and Cook have been at the same charity events. Maybe you can give a few million to a charity Cook likes and meet him over dinner to get phone privileges.
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Um, it took a lot of work to become one of the most famous singers in the world. More work than you will ever accomplish.
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Apparently, you are very young. Here, let me explain it in terms you might understand. She was the Beyonce of her day, times 10. And she still sells out stadiums, although she claimed retirement a long time ago. She has sold millions of records and starred in and also directed several excellent movies.
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he does not have to use his personal wealth to fix injustices. However, he needs to bring back Apple's billions of profits from Ireland (and else where) and pay the taxes that Apple Corporation owes to the Unites States since that is where he, his fellow executives and the vast majority of his employees live, work and benefit.
