As a New Zealander living "across the ditch" to the Aussies, I can assure you that the real reason for the shortening of the words is that Aussies have great difficulty articulating any words with more than a couple of syllables.

In NZ we consider it a good thing when New Zealanders move to Australia to live, as it raises the IQ of both countries.

The Lilliputians hadn't forgiven Gulliver since his last visit. And his dog Benji was gonna pay the price!

"...worked better in instilling the sense of right and wrong".
Um, worked better than what?
Great technique, but the fact that the child came back with a guilty look, and responded as she did shows that she *already* had an understanding of right and wrong.
The above scenario was a great to re-enforce that knowledge, but that knowledge was already "instilled".