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Re:Parents of children called Alexa challenge Amazon by Havoc on Friday July 02, 2021 @12:36PM (#27713740)
Is this why Apple picked Siri maybe? Something slightly more unusual
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Re:Parents of children called Alexa challenge Amazon by nerd_light on Friday July 02, 2021 @02:06PM (#27714737)
Apple purchased Siri from a startup of the same name. The startup founder chose the name because he liked it, having first heard of it because it was the name of a former coworker.

So, while perhaps less usual, it was chosen with the knowledge that it was very definitely a name used by people.

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