I would join with Steve in hoping for good things down the road.

For now using specific language for a specific result (SELECT Column FROM specific table) is much quicker and much more useful than working through all of the possibilities of normal colloquial language.

However, if you could add some artificual intelligence and some time to the mix, it might be possible for an executive to have a 'trained' box that knows what the exec wants. 'Total Sales for March' may means 'What is the total that we sold in dollars' for some. It might mean something different for others, but if each person gets their own box the box may be able to figure out what's normally expected.

I often know what my wife wants even if she's stated a request with something less than specificity. I can do that because we've spent a lot of time together. I'm not sure she would have it any other way...