Tells stories ofacademics he'sworked withwho speakEnglish as ifnativeWhen asked whatlanguage he'dchoose to learninstantly, names acentral or westernEuropeanlanguageAsks studentswhat languagesthey speak andnames the regionof the world eachoriginates inAll of theexamples ofsounds areFrench vowelsounds"Linguistsaren'tpolyglots"Is not okaywith beingcalled "Mr."Has written papersabout languageshe doesn't knowanything aboutoutside of thescope of the paperAssumeseveryone inthe class is anative Englishspeaker"I can read[SpanishorFrench]"Was "forced" tospeak alanguage whenthe locals didnot speakEnglishDodgesquestionabout whatlanguage hespeaks.Mentionsendangeredlanguages but onlyin the context ofnon-WesterncountriesTalks at lengthabout languageshe's studiedwithout explainingto what extent he'sstudied themDismissesheritagelanguagespeakers tosome extentAttempts todemonstratea clickSays that hespeaks otherlanguageswhen hedoesn't want tobe understoodCalls clicklanguages"interesting"Selectivelycalls somelanguagesbeautifulCouldn'tstudyRussianbecause ofthe Cold WarDrops the term"third worldcountries" whentalking aboutthe importanceof linguisticsDoes a landacknowledgementOnlyspeaksEnglishfluentlyMentions alanguage he'sstudied but says"I can't evenpronounce thename""My wifespeaks [eastAsianlanguage]natively"Tells stories ofacademics he'sworked withwho speakEnglish as ifnativeWhen asked whatlanguage he'dchoose to learninstantly, names acentral or westernEuropeanlanguageAsks studentswhat languagesthey speak andnames the regionof the world eachoriginates inAll of theexamples ofsounds areFrench vowelsounds"Linguistsaren'tpolyglots"Is not okaywith beingcalled "Mr."Has written papersabout languageshe doesn't knowanything aboutoutside of thescope of the paperAssumeseveryone inthe class is anative Englishspeaker"I can read[SpanishorFrench]"Was "forced" tospeak alanguage whenthe locals didnot speakEnglishDodgesquestionabout whatlanguage hespeaks.Mentionsendangeredlanguages but onlyin the context ofnon-WesterncountriesTalks at lengthabout languageshe's studiedwithout explainingto what extent he'sstudied themDismissesheritagelanguagespeakers tosome extentAttempts todemonstratea clickSays that hespeaks otherlanguageswhen hedoesn't want tobe understoodCalls clicklanguages"interesting"Selectivelycalls somelanguagesbeautifulCouldn'tstudyRussianbecause ofthe Cold WarDrops the term"third worldcountries" whentalking aboutthe importanceof linguisticsDoes a landacknowledgementOnlyspeaksEnglishfluentlyMentions alanguage he'sstudied but says"I can't evenpronounce thename""My wifespeaks [eastAsianlanguage]natively"

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