Siri has trouble with certain words!

how can I get Siri to tell the difference between edge and age? I've tried so many times with "That is not how you pronounce "Edge" to no avail....any other solutions?

No I dont really think it should understand everything but given the fact that it understands me when I tell it to call the contact Albersons or Ralphs or Pavillions one would think that it would understand the meaning of when I arrive at that contacts location set a reminder. Siri is very new and niave when it comes to her understanding everything and I accept that but hopefully in future updates some of the little things can be worked out. Thanks for your comment.

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I tried to create a reminder today for a Parents evening I had to attend .
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I tried it again and the same happened so I tried "Parents Night" but the same thing happened.I then tried to just create a reminder for "evening" The word came up but Siri asked what I wanted to be reminded about again so I tried "night" and the same thing happened. I have tried on a 5s and a 6 both running the latest IOS anyone got any answers ?.Is there certain words you can't use

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Michael Hoekstra ([email protected]):
Hello,
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SQL> CREATE INDEX BLOBDOC_IDX
2 ON BLOBS(DOC_BLOB) INDEXTYPE IS CTXSYS.CONTEXT PARAMETERS('FILTER ctxsys.INSO_FILTER STORAGE
INTERMEDIASTORE LEXER INTERMEDIALEXER');
CREATE INDEX BLOBDOC_IDX
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ORA-06512: at "CTXSYS.DRUE", line 126
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<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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