I am using voice dictation to reply to this message and using the word period 
at the end of my sentences with no problem.  I did have to edit manually to 
insert that word in the middle of the sentence, however.

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> On Oct 23, 2013, at 10:13 PM, Nicholas Parsons 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> HI Christine and all,
> I'm Australian and until recently used Siri in Australian English with 
> VoiceOver's default language also being Australian English. Ever since Siri 
> could understand punctuation, I think sometime back in iOS 5, I used the word 
> "full stop" and Siri understood this fine. After upgrading to iOS 7 I 
> switched Siri's language to US English as I wanted the awesome new voices. To 
> my surprise, Siri still knew what I meant when I said full stop. I thought I 
> might need to start saying "period" or using other American words or phrases 
> but Siri seems to react perfectly fine to my Australian English.
> Although this is great for me, it does seem difficult for Americans if Siri 
> can't understand what period means in context. I'm wondering, does it depend 
> on your phone's language setting rather than Siri' language setting? Also, 
> even when it was working, how would it react when you used the word "period" 
> in other contexts? For instance, "The great depression was a difficult period 
> for many people," or "What class do you have next period?"
> Cheers,
> Nic
> 
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