How to avoid Siri's blood-curdling scream Brief letters

Samuel Gibbs' piece about the internet of things (How I turned my home into a sci-fi dream, theguardian.com, The Bluetooth/Wi-Fi version of scratching each other's eyes out is not pretty, but only Siri has that blood-curdling scream. It is 2016 and I think your readers can deal with an accurate description rather than this 1950s euphemism for sexual activity. Homeless people do it for nothing. The Monster Raving Loony Party, many years ago, posed the question: "How come there's only one Monopolies Commission?"