Siri doesn't always understand.

There are times that siri correctly understands me and there times it will not. Even something simple as send, it thinks I say sand. Is there a trick for it to understand you all the time?

I've had this issue too. How do I add nicknames for my contacts? Not sure I understand I how I would do that.
The Bryan wrote:
Tho, here's a trick.. some of my contacts have strange names that Siri doesnt recognize... you can give them nicknames for siri to better understand.

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