Does a landacknowledgementMentions alanguage he'sstudied but says"I can't evenpronounce thename"Says that hespeaks otherlanguageswhen hedoesn't want tobe understoodDismissesheritagelanguagespeakers tosome extentAll of theexamples ofsounds areFrench vowelsoundsDrops the term"third worldcountries" whentalking aboutthe importanceof linguisticsHas written papersabout languageshe doesn't knowanything aboutoutside of thescope of the paperCouldn'tstudyRussianbecause ofthe Cold WarMentionsendangeredlanguages but onlyin the context ofnon-WesterncountriesIs not okaywith beingcalled "Mr.""I can read[SpanishorFrench]"Asks studentswhat languagesthey speak andnames the regionof the world eachoriginates inAttempts todemonstratea clickWas "forced" tospeak alanguage whenthe locals didnot speakEnglishTalks at lengthabout languageshe's studiedwithout explainingto what extent he'sstudied themCalls clicklanguages"interesting"Selectivelycalls somelanguagesbeautifulAssumeseveryone inthe class is anative Englishspeaker"My wifespeaks [eastAsianlanguage]natively"OnlyspeaksEnglishfluentlyDodgesquestionabout whatlanguage hespeaks.Tells stories ofacademics he'sworked withwho speakEnglish as ifnativeWhen asked whatlanguage he'dchoose to learninstantly, names acentral or westernEuropeanlanguage"Linguistsaren'tpolyglots"Does a landacknowledgementMentions alanguage he'sstudied but says"I can't evenpronounce thename"Says that hespeaks otherlanguageswhen hedoesn't want tobe understoodDismissesheritagelanguagespeakers tosome extentAll of theexamples ofsounds areFrench vowelsoundsDrops the term"third worldcountries" whentalking aboutthe importanceof linguisticsHas written papersabout languageshe doesn't knowanything aboutoutside of thescope of the paperCouldn'tstudyRussianbecause ofthe Cold WarMentionsendangeredlanguages but onlyin the context ofnon-WesterncountriesIs not okaywith beingcalled "Mr.""I can read[SpanishorFrench]"Asks studentswhat languagesthey speak andnames the regionof the world eachoriginates inAttempts todemonstratea clickWas "forced" tospeak alanguage whenthe locals didnot speakEnglishTalks at lengthabout languageshe's studiedwithout explainingto what extent he'sstudied themCalls clicklanguages"interesting"Selectivelycalls somelanguagesbeautifulAssumeseveryone inthe class is anative Englishspeaker"My wifespeaks [eastAsianlanguage]natively"OnlyspeaksEnglishfluentlyDodgesquestionabout whatlanguage hespeaks.Tells stories ofacademics he'sworked withwho speakEnglish as ifnativeWhen asked whatlanguage he'dchoose to learninstantly, names acentral or westernEuropeanlanguage"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. Does a land acknowledgement
  2. Mentions a language he's studied but says "I can't even pronounce the name"
  3. Says that he speaks other languages when he doesn't want to be understood
  4. Dismisses heritage language speakers to some extent
  5. All of the examples of sounds are French vowel sounds
  6. Drops the term "third world countries" when talking about the importance of linguistics
  7. Has written papers about languages he doesn't know anything about outside of the scope of the paper
  8. Couldn't study Russian because of the Cold War
  9. Mentions endangered languages but only in the context of non-Western countries
  10. Is not okay with being called "Mr."
  11. "I can read [Spanish or French]"
  12. Asks students what languages they speak and names the region of the world each originates in
  13. Attempts to demonstrate a click
  14. Was "forced" to speak a language when the locals did not speak English
  15. Talks at length about languages he's studied without explaining to what extent he's studied them
  16. Calls click languages "interesting"
  17. Selectively calls some languages beautiful
  18. Assumes everyone in the class is a native English speaker
  19. "My wife speaks [east Asian language] natively"
  20. Only speaks English fluently
  21. Dodges question about what language he speaks.
  22. Tells stories of academics he's worked with who speak English as if native
  23. When asked what language he'd choose to learn instantly, names a central or western European language
  24. "Linguists aren't polyglots"