> right from the beginning, the say turns me off, computers do not speak This seems a bit of an odd argument. You've never heard the phrase "The sign says ..."

> right from the beginning, the say turns me off, computers do not speak This seems a bit of an odd argument. You've never heard the phrase "The sign says ...", or asked someone "What does the error message say?" That said, `say` is just a normal function, and you could always bind a new function and use that instead.