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Any of you named "Alexa"? Is that ever a problem? Nt (Original Post)
raccoon
Nov 2020
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Croney
(4,996 posts)1. No but my best friend is named Karen, and she's not happy!
Mad_Dem_X
(10,153 posts)8. I was going to be named Karen
I'm glad now that my mother changed her mind!
WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)2. No, but we have Echo dots and...
And now refer to them as 'the hockey puck' because in talking with each other about setting reminders for a med, app'ts or such, alarms, timers, etc on it we'd set it off and sometimes it hears things weirder than my hubby does.
Red Raider 85
(138 posts)3. My son is Alex. We have 4 Echos. Yes it can be a problem.
True Dough
(26,123 posts)4. I'd rather be known as Alexa than my given name
Ben Dover.
mitch96
(15,719 posts)5. Just don't name your dog Siri....... And what about Tom Cruise daughter Suri...
That could be a problem
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Cirque du So-What
(29,525 posts)6. My name is Google
and, yes, there are problems.
Mad_Dem_X
(10,153 posts)7. My friend's daughter is named Alexa.
I'll have to ask her.
