Siri suddenly doesn't understand my words

Anybody has the same problem? Perhaps since the last update made. Siri become hard to interpret my words following the commands. For example, it knows my command to make a phone call, but always interpret a wrong name not even in my address book.
Maybe my pronunciation is not well. In the past, Siri would match the most similar person in my address book in a second. I didn't changed anything to my address book. And now, it just returns a name it understands, not even looks up my address book. Why? Did Apple change anything to Siri? Make Siri silly!

I have the same problem. Is there a way to reinstall Siri or have her learn commands? Whenever I have to call a friend called Ken, Siri now always asks if I want to call Kim. When I ask to call my wife Vicki, it says there is no listing for Vicky. None of these problems occurred prior to the upgrade.
I at least have the ability to have it dial numbers without problems
Very frustrated as I love using Siri.
iphone 5, IOS 7.0.4

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