Attempts todemonstratea clickIs not okaywith beingcalled "Mr."Asks studentswhat languagesthey speak andnames the regionof the world eachoriginates inMentions alanguage he'sstudied but says"I can't evenpronounce thename"Tells stories ofacademics he'sworked withwho speakEnglish as ifnative"My wifespeaks [eastAsianlanguage]natively""I can read[SpanishorFrench]"OnlyspeaksEnglishfluentlyDrops the term"third worldcountries" whentalking aboutthe importanceof linguisticsMentionsendangeredlanguages but onlyin the context ofnon-WesterncountriesCalls clicklanguages"interesting"Dodgesquestionabout whatlanguage hespeaks.Talks at lengthabout languageshe's studiedwithout explainingto what extent he'sstudied themAssumeseveryone inthe class is anative EnglishspeakerSelectivelycalls somelanguagesbeautifulDismissesheritagelanguagespeakers tosome extentHas written papersabout languageshe doesn't knowanything aboutoutside of thescope of the paperWhen asked whatlanguage he'dchoose to learninstantly, names acentral or westernEuropeanlanguageSays that hespeaks otherlanguageswhen hedoesn't want tobe understoodCouldn'tstudyRussianbecause ofthe Cold WarDoes a landacknowledgementWas "forced" tospeak alanguage whenthe locals didnot speakEnglishAll of theexamples ofsounds areFrench vowelsounds"Linguistsaren'tpolyglots"Attempts todemonstratea clickIs not okaywith beingcalled "Mr."Asks studentswhat languagesthey speak andnames the regionof the world eachoriginates inMentions alanguage he'sstudied but says"I can't evenpronounce thename"Tells stories ofacademics he'sworked withwho speakEnglish as ifnative"My wifespeaks [eastAsianlanguage]natively""I can read[SpanishorFrench]"OnlyspeaksEnglishfluentlyDrops the term"third worldcountries" whentalking aboutthe importanceof linguisticsMentionsendangeredlanguages but onlyin the context ofnon-WesterncountriesCalls clicklanguages"interesting"Dodgesquestionabout whatlanguage hespeaks.Talks at lengthabout languageshe's studiedwithout explainingto what extent he'sstudied themAssumeseveryone inthe class is anative EnglishspeakerSelectivelycalls somelanguagesbeautifulDismissesheritagelanguagespeakers tosome extentHas written papersabout languageshe doesn't knowanything aboutoutside of thescope of the paperWhen asked whatlanguage he'dchoose to learninstantly, names acentral or westernEuropeanlanguageSays that hespeaks otherlanguageswhen hedoesn't want tobe understoodCouldn'tstudyRussianbecause ofthe Cold WarDoes a landacknowledgementWas "forced" tospeak alanguage whenthe locals didnot speakEnglishAll of theexamples ofsounds areFrench vowelsounds"Linguistsaren'tpolyglots"

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