Why is Siri no longer providing verbose responses?

When I ask Sire questions like "what is the equivalent to 200F in C", or "what is $200 worth in sterling". I used to get nice verbose responses, useful as often I was asking verbally as I was not in a position to start using my device (hands in the cooking or simialr). Now, for any and every question I ask, I get "I have found this on the web" or "I sent the answers to you iphone". If I wanted answers there I would have asked there. It is really crap and Alexa (now neatly beside my HomePod, gives me verbose answers immediately. I have looked at 100s blogs and topics, they refer me to settings that dont exists.

Iphone SW version is 18.4.1

I dont know the HomePod SW version, Siri simply says the HomePod is offline, Sorry Cant Help you with that!!!!!!!

I am guessing I am not smart enough to use smart devices.

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