Each countrynaturallycorrespondsto onelanguageTexting andsocial mediaaredestroyinggrammarFormal, carefulspeech isgrammaticallymore sophisticatedthan casual,everyday speechSomelanguages takelonger thanothers forchildren tolearnLanguagesbecome lessgrammaticalas theychangeA native speakerof a language isnaturally able toexplain the rulesof its ownlanguageSocietieswithout writingdo not possessfully developedlanguagesAdults’corrections arenecessary forchildren toacquiregrammarSomelanguagesare morelogical thanothersSome of theworld’slanguages aregrammaticallymore complexthan othersIncreasing theamount of inputdata necessarilymakes an AIsystem morehuman-likeSign languagescannot expressabstract orhighly technicalideasCreoles aresimplified or“broken”versions ofotherlanguagesChildren and AIlanguage modelsreceive the samekind of linguisticinput; Modelssimply receivemore of itEveryexpression canbe translatedword-for-wordinto anotherlanguageCultures withmore advancedtechnologicaltend to havegrammaticallyricher languages.AI produceshuman-likesentences, so itmust possesshuman-likegrammaticalrepresentationsSomelanguages havenogrammar/syntaxAI can correctlydefine and usewords, so itnecessarilyunderstandswords as humansdoChildren cannotproducesentences theyhave neverpreviouslyheardLinguisticabilities steadilyincrease as achild growsolderSign languagesare visualrepresentations ofthe surroundingspoken languagesParents andothercaregiversteach youngchildren theirlanguageDoublenegatives areinherentlyillogical ('I didn’tsee nobody')Each countrynaturallycorrespondsto onelanguageTexting andsocial mediaaredestroyinggrammarFormal, carefulspeech isgrammaticallymore sophisticatedthan casual,everyday speechSomelanguages takelonger thanothers forchildren tolearnLanguagesbecome lessgrammaticalas theychangeA native speakerof a language isnaturally able toexplain the rulesof its ownlanguageSocietieswithout writingdo not possessfully developedlanguagesAdults’corrections arenecessary forchildren toacquiregrammarSomelanguagesare morelogical thanothersSome of theworld’slanguages aregrammaticallymore complexthan othersIncreasing theamount of inputdata necessarilymakes an AIsystem morehuman-likeSign languagescannot expressabstract orhighly technicalideasCreoles aresimplified or“broken”versions ofotherlanguagesChildren and AIlanguage modelsreceive the samekind of linguisticinput; Modelssimply receivemore of itEveryexpression canbe translatedword-for-wordinto anotherlanguageCultures withmore advancedtechnologicaltend to havegrammaticallyricher languages.AI produceshuman-likesentences, so itmust possesshuman-likegrammaticalrepresentationsSomelanguages havenogrammar/syntaxAI can correctlydefine and usewords, so itnecessarilyunderstandswords as humansdoChildren cannotproducesentences theyhave neverpreviouslyheardLinguisticabilities steadilyincrease as achild growsolderSign languagesare visualrepresentations ofthe surroundingspoken languagesParents andothercaregiversteach youngchildren theirlanguageDoublenegatives areinherentlyillogical ('I didn’tsee nobody')

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