Brilliant idea to speed reading KATAKANA!

harhol Wrote:Isn't unnecessary use of 外来語 frowned upon?
I hope so because I'd feel embarrassed using words like ピンク...

Unnecessary, yes. "Unfortunately", pretty much all of the 外来語 you see when reading Japanese etc isn't unnecessary, it's the proper and most common way to say things.

テーブル
コンピューター
オレンジ
オブジェクト
インタネット
ノート

etc etc etc.