> do you really want to be saying 'Colon, Dee' to enter in :D

"Open mouth smiley"

> Not to mention the implications on coding

Could be the renaissance of english-alike programming languages like HyperTalk.

   on mouseDown
     answer file "Please select a text file to open."
     if it is empty then exit mouseDown
     put it into filePath
     if there is a file filePath then
       open file filePath
       read from file filePath until return
       put it into card field "some field"
       close file filePath
       set the textStyle of character 1 to 10 of card field "some field" to bold
     end if
   end mouseDown