Dodgesquestionabout whatlanguage hespeaks.Asks studentswhat languagesthey speak andnames the regionof the world eachoriginates inAssumeseveryone inthe class is anative EnglishspeakerCouldn'tstudyRussianbecause ofthe Cold WarTalks at lengthabout languageshe's studiedwithout explainingto what extent he'sstudied themIs not okaywith beingcalled "Mr.""Linguistsaren'tpolyglots"Tells stories ofacademics he'sworked withwho speakEnglish as ifnativeAll of theexamples ofsounds areFrench vowelsoundsMentions alanguage he'sstudied but says"I can't evenpronounce thename"When asked whatlanguage he'dchoose to learninstantly, names acentral or westernEuropeanlanguageDoes a landacknowledgementMentionsendangeredlanguages but onlyin the context ofnon-Westerncountries"I can read[SpanishorFrench]"Was "forced" tospeak alanguage whenthe locals didnot speakEnglishAttempts todemonstratea clickDrops the term"third worldcountries" whentalking aboutthe importanceof linguistics"My wifespeaks [eastAsianlanguage]natively"Calls clicklanguages"interesting"Says that hespeaks otherlanguageswhen hedoesn't want tobe understoodOnlyspeaksEnglishfluentlySelectivelycalls somelanguagesbeautifulHas written papersabout languageshe doesn't knowanything aboutoutside of thescope of the paperDismissesheritagelanguagespeakers tosome extentDodgesquestionabout whatlanguage hespeaks.Asks studentswhat languagesthey speak andnames the regionof the world eachoriginates inAssumeseveryone inthe class is anative EnglishspeakerCouldn'tstudyRussianbecause ofthe Cold WarTalks at lengthabout languageshe's studiedwithout explainingto what extent he'sstudied themIs not okaywith beingcalled "Mr.""Linguistsaren'tpolyglots"Tells stories ofacademics he'sworked withwho speakEnglish as ifnativeAll of theexamples ofsounds areFrench vowelsoundsMentions alanguage he'sstudied but says"I can't evenpronounce thename"When asked whatlanguage he'dchoose to learninstantly, names acentral or westernEuropeanlanguageDoes a landacknowledgementMentionsendangeredlanguages but onlyin the context ofnon-Westerncountries"I can read[SpanishorFrench]"Was "forced" tospeak alanguage whenthe locals didnot speakEnglishAttempts todemonstratea clickDrops the term"third worldcountries" whentalking aboutthe importanceof linguistics"My wifespeaks [eastAsianlanguage]natively"Calls clicklanguages"interesting"Says that hespeaks otherlanguageswhen hedoesn't want tobe understoodOnlyspeaksEnglishfluentlySelectivelycalls somelanguagesbeautifulHas written papersabout languageshe doesn't knowanything aboutoutside of thescope of the paperDismissesheritagelanguagespeakers tosome extent

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