LOL, "intentional woodchuck vacation"! I have all sorts of trouble with Siri. She works fine for asking questions and to do most tasks, but for some reason when I ask her to dictate a text message or email it comes out as total gibberish. So yes, Amazon, Apple, and others need to look at what we say and how their devices interpret that to make them better. One thing Alexa needs more work on is alternative ways to phrase commands. If you are locked into a strict verbatim command and no flexibility, you will screw up on occassion, or perhaps even often. But having a bit of flexibility is good. I suspect in real lfe we don't often use the same verbatim command over and over again, except with kids and pets. Stop! Quit! Sit! Don't bite your sister! Don't set your brother on fire!