One of my favorite books suggests that procrastination is really just sloth in five syllables. Syllables seem to matter a great deal in American English lately. I frequently hear "utilize" in place of "use," "notate" instead of "note," and "stated" for "said." For example, "She stated that she'd notated you procrastinate rather than utilize your talents," instead of "She said she'd noted you choose to be lazy rather than use your talents."
Simple is beautiful. I'm a decent speller with a pretty good vocabulary, but I suck at pronunciation. If there's a wrong way to pronounce an English word, I'll find it.
For me, the fewer syllables, the better.
