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    Shock News - parents don't want to call their kids Alexa

    https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-br...-idUKKCN1VJ1HG

    I don't know anyone called Alexa but lets be honest... it's not gonna be top of many people's list of baby names is it?

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    Re: Shock News - parents don't want to call their kids Alexa

    I'd imagine Cortana is out too.

    And OkayGoogle.

    And if anyone was considering Bebe, they might reconsider it as being a bit too close now that the BBC are apparently working on their own AI assistant with the wake-up call of "Beeb".

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    Re: Shock News - parents don't want to call their kids Alexa

    I wonder if Syria will change its name?
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    Re: Shock News - parents don't want to call their kids Alexa

    Quote Originally Posted by peterb View Post
    I wonder if Syria will change its name?
    Don't be siri

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    Re: Shock News - parents don't want to call their kids Alexa

    Any that do have to make sure they are musically inclined.

    'Alexa, play Despacito'...

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    Re: Shock News - parents don't want to call their kids Alexa

    Quote Originally Posted by Spreadie View Post
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    Re: Shock News - parents don't want to call their kids Alexa

    Quote Originally Posted by peterb View Post
    I wasn’t being Sirius (woof)
    Oh, that's bad. Really bad.

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    Re: Shock News - parents don't want to call their kids Alexa

    Quote Originally Posted by Output View Post
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    And OkayGoogle.
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    That one wouldn't worry me .... 'cos that's not what I call Google. Then again, people aren't likely (I sure hope) to name their kids after what I do call Google.

    Could make for some amusement at school rollcalls though.

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    Re: Shock News - parents don't want to call their kids Alexa

    Is the equivalent of calling your kid Marco in the 1700s

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    Re: Shock News - parents don't want to call their kids Alexa

    I'm visiting the UK, and at an event with my Nephew. One of the other children here is called 'Wasabi'. ISYN.

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    Re: Shock News - parents don't want to call their kids Alexa

    Quote Originally Posted by TeePee View Post
    One of the other children here is called 'Wasabi'. ISYN.
    I'll just leave this here....


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    Re: Shock News - parents don't want to call their kids Alexa

    A colleague at work told me one of his friends called his kid 'baby'... I can see that working well at school...
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    Re: Shock News - parents don't want to call their kids Alexa

    Quote Originally Posted by cheesemp View Post
    A colleague at work told me one of his friends called his kid 'baby'... I can see that working well at school...
    Ahh.. now there you have a kid named after a character from Dirty Dancing.
    Jennifer Grey was Francis "Baby" Houseman

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    Re: Shock News - parents don't want to call their kids Alexa

    Quote Originally Posted by Zak33 View Post
    Ahh.. now there you have a kid named after a character from Dirty Dancing.
    Jennifer Grey was Francis "Baby" Houseman
    Exactly. With a name like that, you are going to get left in the corner a *lot*!

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