SIRI doesn't recognize my girlfriend's name anymore

A couple of days ago, I was trying to get SIRI to text (and eventually call) my girlfriend while I was driving to her place.  I fought with SIRI for the entire trip, and she just wouldn't recognize my girlfriend's name anymore-- she just kept telling me that she couldn't find [a different name that sounds somewhat similar] in my contacts list.  No matter how much I tried to speak her name clearly, or with different emphasis, SIRI just kept thinking I was saying this other name.
I asked my girlfriend if she's had a similar issue, and she said that she noticed around the same time that SIRI is pronouncing my name differently than it used to, but at least it's still detecting my name correctly.
Did the SIRI servers get updated with different logic or something recently?  It would be really stupid if I had to give my girlfriend a different name in my contacts list just because SIRI has decided she can't read anymore.

Siri does learn and adapt to your pronunciation
in under few days. If you will turn sire off and on it starts that process from the very beginning.
That did sound like a joke, but Apple confirms that it is true!
If you like, you can reset what Siri has learned about your voice by turning Siri off and then back on in Settings > General > Siri.
http://www.apple.com/iphone/features/siri-faq.html

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