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

[Zak33]

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?

[Output]

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".

[peterb]

I wonder if Syria will change its name?

[Spreadie]

I wonder if Syria will change its name?

Don't be siri

[TeePee]

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

'Alexa, play Despacito'...

[peterb]

Don't be siri

I wasn’t being Sirius (woof)

[Saracen999]

I wasn’t being Sirius (woof)

Oh, that's bad. Really bad.

[Saracen999]

...

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.

[PC-LAD]

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

[TeePee]

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

[BobF64]

One of the other children here is called 'Wasabi'. ISYN.

I'll just leave this here....

[cheesemp]

A colleague at work told me one of his friends called his kid 'baby'... I can see that working well at school...

[Zak33]

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

[DanceswithUnix]

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*!