AI produceshuman-likesentences, so itmust possesshuman-likegrammaticalrepresentationsChildren cannotproducesentences theyhave neverpreviouslyheardCultures withgreatertechnologicalsophistication tendto havegrammaticallyricher languages.Creoles aresimplified or“broken”versions ofotherlanguagesFormal, carefulspeech isgrammaticallymore sophisticatedthan casual,everyday speechSign languagescannot expressabstract orhighly technicalideasLanguagesbecome lessgrammaticalas theychangeSomelanguages takelonger thanothers forchildren tolearnParents andothercaregiversteach youngchildren theirlanguageLinguisticabilities steadilyincrease as achild growsolderAdults’corrections arenecessary forchildren toacquiregrammarIncreasing theamount of datanecessarilymakes an AIsystem morehuman-likeA native speakerof a language isnaturally able toexplain the rulesof its ownlanguageTexting andsocial mediaaredestroyinggrammarSomelanguages havenogrammar/syntaxChildren and AIlanguage modelsreceive the samekind of linguisticinput; modelssimply receivemore of itSocietieswithout writingdo not possessfully developedlanguagesSome of theworld’slanguages aregrammaticallymore complexthan othersAI can correctlydefine and usewords, so itnecessarilyunderstandswords as humansdoEach countrynaturallycorrespondsto a singlelanguageDoublenegatives areinherentlyillogical (I didn’tsee nobody)Somelanguagesare morelogical thanothersSign languagesare visualrepresentationsof thesurroundingspoken languageEveryexpression canbe translatedword-for-wordinto anotherlanguageAI produceshuman-likesentences, so itmust possesshuman-likegrammaticalrepresentationsChildren cannotproducesentences theyhave neverpreviouslyheardCultures withgreatertechnologicalsophistication tendto havegrammaticallyricher languages.Creoles aresimplified or“broken”versions ofotherlanguagesFormal, carefulspeech isgrammaticallymore sophisticatedthan casual,everyday speechSign languagescannot expressabstract orhighly technicalideasLanguagesbecome lessgrammaticalas theychangeSomelanguages takelonger thanothers forchildren tolearnParents andothercaregiversteach youngchildren theirlanguageLinguisticabilities steadilyincrease as achild growsolderAdults’corrections arenecessary forchildren toacquiregrammarIncreasing theamount of datanecessarilymakes an AIsystem morehuman-likeA native speakerof a language isnaturally able toexplain the rulesof its ownlanguageTexting andsocial mediaaredestroyinggrammarSomelanguages havenogrammar/syntaxChildren and AIlanguage modelsreceive the samekind of linguisticinput; modelssimply receivemore of itSocietieswithout writingdo not possessfully developedlanguagesSome of theworld’slanguages aregrammaticallymore complexthan othersAI can correctlydefine and usewords, so itnecessarilyunderstandswords as humansdoEach countrynaturallycorrespondsto a singlelanguageDoublenegatives areinherentlyillogical (I didn’tsee nobody)Somelanguagesare morelogical thanothersSign languagesare visualrepresentationsof thesurroundingspoken languageEveryexpression canbe translatedword-for-wordinto anotherlanguage

Language Myths: Heard in the Wild Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. AI produces human-like sentences, so it must possess human-like grammatical representations
  2. Children cannot produce sentences they have never previously heard
  3. Cultures with greater technological sophistication tend to have grammatically richer languages.
  4. Creoles are simplified or “broken” versions of other languages
  5. Formal, careful speech is grammatically more sophisticated than casual, everyday speech
  6. Sign languages cannot express abstract or highly technical ideas
  7. Languages become less grammatical as they change
  8. Some languages take longer than others for children to learn
  9. Parents and other caregivers teach young children their language
  10. Linguistic abilities steadily increase as a child grows older
  11. Adults’ corrections are necessary for children to acquire grammar
  12. Increasing the amount of data necessarily makes an AI system more human-like
  13. A native speaker of a language is naturally able to explain the rules of its own language
  14. Texting and social media are destroying grammar
  15. Some languages have no grammar/syntax
  16. Children and AI language models receive the same kind of linguistic input; models simply receive more of it
  17. Societies without writing do not possess fully developed languages
  18. Some of the world’s languages are grammatically more complex than others
  19. AI can correctly define and use words, so it necessarily understands words as humans do
  20. Each country naturally corresponds to a single language
  21. Double negatives are inherently illogical (I didn’t see nobody)
  22. Some languages are more logical than others
  23. Sign languages are visual representations of the surrounding spoken language
  24. Every expression can be translated word-for-word into another language