While Siri is not perfect, I don’t view it as an embarrassment. I do blame Apple for the times when Siri cannot reach Apple’s servers. However, the voice recognition issues are understandable. When some people talk, all I hear is a jumble of words. So, imagine the task Siri faces when trying to understand everyone.

On One Foot Tsunami, I saw all the different ways that Siri failed to parse the command to put the gazpacho on ice in an hour. After I finished laughing, I decided to give Siri a try:

Siri nailed it on the second attempt. During the first attempt, gazpacho became Kasbe Chou, a somewhat Chinese sounding name. Still, if Siri can understand my English, maybe the problem isn’t Siri.