>>Forcing people to confront style and form of expression? You're more optimistic about that than I am. IMO the horse has left the barn. The general style of speech has become considerably less formal and "correct," more chatty. It's hard not to see a linkage to the rise of things like email, social media, and texting.

Yep, but for most people it's quicker to say your piece than to type or text. Good speech-to-text means you can rattle off a paragraph as quickly as you tweet a phrase. Try it- read out your own message above and compare to how long it took to type. Apart from forms of expression, consequences will include a sudden discovery of patience by people who are accustomed to careless immediate reactions that they can tone down as they type- but you can't tone down a stated "Screw you" message blasted away in under a second. Also some people will find they can express thoughts elegantly in freeform speech as has been seen on Star Trek for decades, while others um-ah and ramble. The Sneech star will be display of good education and ordered thought, just as as it was for previous generations who valued elegance of expression. Then will come the grammar engines that convert ramblings into elegant prose... and around and around we'll go.

Happy Thanksgiving! Where will you be in the next couple of weeks, btw?