Tells stories ofacademics he'sworked withwho speakEnglish as ifnativeWhen asked whatlanguage he'dchoose to learninstantly, names acentral or westernEuropeanlanguageMentions alanguage he'sstudied but says"I can't evenpronounce thename"All of theexamples ofsounds areFrench vowelsounds"Linguistsaren'tpolyglots"Was "forced" tospeak alanguage whenthe locals didnot speakEnglishDodgesquestionabout whatlanguage hespeaks.Asks studentswhat languagesthey speak andnames the regionof the world eachoriginates in"I can read[SpanishorFrench]"Couldn'tstudyRussianbecause ofthe Cold WarDismissesheritagelanguagespeakers tosome extentCalls clicklanguages"interesting"Assumeseveryone inthe class is anative EnglishspeakerOnlyspeaksEnglishfluentlySays that hespeaks otherlanguageswhen hedoesn't want tobe understoodTalks at lengthabout languageshe's studiedwithout explainingto what extent he'sstudied themAttempts todemonstratea clickDrops the term"third worldcountries" whentalking aboutthe importanceof linguisticsDoes a landacknowledgementMentionsendangeredlanguages but onlyin the context ofnon-Westerncountries"My wifespeaks [eastAsianlanguage]natively"Has written papersabout languageshe doesn't knowanything aboutoutside of thescope of the paperSelectivelycalls somelanguagesbeautifulIs not okaywith beingcalled "Mr."Tells stories ofacademics he'sworked withwho speakEnglish as ifnativeWhen asked whatlanguage he'dchoose to learninstantly, names acentral or westernEuropeanlanguageMentions alanguage he'sstudied but says"I can't evenpronounce thename"All of theexamples ofsounds areFrench vowelsounds"Linguistsaren'tpolyglots"Was "forced" tospeak alanguage whenthe locals didnot speakEnglishDodgesquestionabout whatlanguage hespeaks.Asks studentswhat languagesthey speak andnames the regionof the world eachoriginates in"I can read[SpanishorFrench]"Couldn'tstudyRussianbecause ofthe Cold WarDismissesheritagelanguagespeakers tosome extentCalls clicklanguages"interesting"Assumeseveryone inthe class is anative EnglishspeakerOnlyspeaksEnglishfluentlySays that hespeaks otherlanguageswhen hedoesn't want tobe understoodTalks at lengthabout languageshe's studiedwithout explainingto what extent he'sstudied themAttempts todemonstratea clickDrops the term"third worldcountries" whentalking aboutthe importanceof linguisticsDoes a landacknowledgementMentionsendangeredlanguages but onlyin the context ofnon-Westerncountries"My wifespeaks [eastAsianlanguage]natively"Has written papersabout languageshe doesn't knowanything aboutoutside of thescope of the paperSelectivelycalls somelanguagesbeautifulIs not okaywith beingcalled "Mr."

White Male Linguistics Professor - Call List

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