I&#x27;m a fan of Guy Steele&#x27;s <i>Growing a Language</i>, a talk about programming language design where he limited himself to using mostly only single-syllable words: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=_ahvzDzKdB0" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=_ahvzDzKdB0</a>