OnlyspeaksEnglishfluentlySelectivelycalls somelanguagesbeautifulWas "forced" tospeak alanguage whenthe locals didnot speakEnglishMentions alanguage he'sstudied but says"I can't evenpronounce thename""My wifespeaks [eastAsianlanguage]natively"Dismissesheritagelanguagespeakers tosome extentIs not okaywith beingcalled "Mr."Drops the term"third worldcountries" whentalking aboutthe importanceof linguisticsHas written papersabout languageshe doesn't knowanything aboutoutside of thescope of the paperCalls clicklanguages"interesting""Linguistsaren'tpolyglots"Assumeseveryone inthe class is anative EnglishspeakerAttempts todemonstratea clickMentionsendangeredlanguages but onlyin the context ofnon-Westerncountries"I can read[SpanishorFrench]"Tells stories ofacademics he'sworked withwho speakEnglish as ifnativeAsks studentswhat languagesthey speak andnames the regionof the world eachoriginates inCouldn'tstudyRussianbecause ofthe Cold WarDodgesquestionabout whatlanguage hespeaks.Says that hespeaks otherlanguageswhen hedoesn't want tobe understoodTalks at lengthabout languageshe's studiedwithout explainingto what extent he'sstudied themDoes a landacknowledgementAll of theexamples ofsounds areFrench vowelsoundsWhen asked whatlanguage he'dchoose to learninstantly, names acentral or westernEuropeanlanguageOnlyspeaksEnglishfluentlySelectivelycalls somelanguagesbeautifulWas "forced" tospeak alanguage whenthe locals didnot speakEnglishMentions alanguage he'sstudied but says"I can't evenpronounce thename""My wifespeaks [eastAsianlanguage]natively"Dismissesheritagelanguagespeakers tosome extentIs not okaywith beingcalled "Mr."Drops the term"third worldcountries" whentalking aboutthe importanceof linguisticsHas written papersabout languageshe doesn't knowanything aboutoutside of thescope of the paperCalls clicklanguages"interesting""Linguistsaren'tpolyglots"Assumeseveryone inthe class is anative EnglishspeakerAttempts todemonstratea clickMentionsendangeredlanguages but onlyin the context ofnon-Westerncountries"I can read[SpanishorFrench]"Tells stories ofacademics he'sworked withwho speakEnglish as ifnativeAsks studentswhat languagesthey speak andnames the regionof the world eachoriginates inCouldn'tstudyRussianbecause ofthe Cold WarDodgesquestionabout whatlanguage hespeaks.Says that hespeaks otherlanguageswhen hedoesn't want tobe understoodTalks at lengthabout languageshe's studiedwithout explainingto what extent he'sstudied themDoes a landacknowledgementAll of theexamples ofsounds areFrench vowelsoundsWhen asked whatlanguage he'dchoose to learninstantly, names acentral or westernEuropeanlanguage

White Male Linguistics Professor - 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. Only speaks English fluently
  2. Selectively calls some languages beautiful
  3. Was "forced" to speak a language when the locals did not speak English
  4. Mentions a language he's studied but says "I can't even pronounce the name"
  5. "My wife speaks [east Asian language] natively"
  6. Dismisses heritage language speakers to some extent
  7. Is not okay with being called "Mr."
  8. Drops the term "third world countries" when talking about the importance of linguistics
  9. Has written papers about languages he doesn't know anything about outside of the scope of the paper
  10. Calls click languages "interesting"
  11. "Linguists aren't polyglots"
  12. Assumes everyone in the class is a native English speaker
  13. Attempts to demonstrate a click
  14. Mentions endangered languages but only in the context of non-Western countries
  15. "I can read [Spanish or French]"
  16. Tells stories of academics he's worked with who speak English as if native
  17. Asks students what languages they speak and names the region of the world each originates in
  18. Couldn't study Russian because of the Cold War
  19. Dodges question about what language he speaks.
  20. Says that he speaks other languages when he doesn't want to be understood
  21. Talks at length about languages he's studied without explaining to what extent he's studied them
  22. Does a land acknowledgement
  23. All of the examples of sounds are French vowel sounds
  24. When asked what language he'd choose to learn instantly, names a central or western European language