You can now fill in the field with Phonetic Spelling and then put Miss Siri to the test until you get it spot on. My last name is Basile — so after trying several Phonetic variations I settled on (Bus-illy) which is far better than Siri has ever pronounced it when left on her own...
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Use it if you're comfortable with it. I wouldn't be. The "earpiece" guys look silly as heck already talking into the air. When I was a kid the cat lady next door did that. Some things are just better kept to yourself IMO.
I'm a huge Apple fan but honestly Siri is showing her age. The new Microsoft commercials made me go youtube around for some examples for Cortana's voice and it's way better then Siri. The inflections are quite nice and natural.It'll never get me to use a Windows phone but Cortana ...