parrotsanddolphinsWHAT AWACKYPHONEME!language X hasno Y thereforelanguage Xspeakerscannotcomprehend Y"Africandialects""flexible/efficientlanguage" =flexible/efficientpeople"Chinese"folketymologylanguage X has adifferent root for(word) than otherlanguages? WHATWACKINESSSapir-Whorfetymologicalfallacythe presenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"badIPAwriting =speakingthe absenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"linguists =grammarnazisdialects ="impureversion" oflanguagesLanguages Xand Y arerelated becauseof superficialcommonality Zlanguage A +language B =language Cthereforelanguage C isn'ta language(word) has notranslation inEnglish but itmeans (Englishtranslation)linguists=polyglotslanguageprocessing= languageproductionlanguage Xis the mostdifficultlanguageprescriptivismslangruinslanguagepurityparrotsanddolphinsWHAT AWACKYPHONEME!language X hasno Y thereforelanguage Xspeakerscannotcomprehend Y"Africandialects""flexible/efficientlanguage" =flexible/efficientpeople"Chinese"folketymologylanguage X has adifferent root for(word) than otherlanguages? WHATWACKINESSSapir-Whorfetymologicalfallacythe presenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"badIPAwriting =speakingthe absenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"linguists =grammarnazisdialects ="impureversion" oflanguagesLanguages Xand Y arerelated becauseof superficialcommonality Zlanguage A +language B =language Cthereforelanguage C isn'ta language(word) has notranslation inEnglish but itmeans (Englishtranslation)linguists=polyglotslanguageprocessing= languageproductionlanguage Xis the mostdifficultlanguageprescriptivismslangruinslanguagepurity

Bad Linguistics BINGO - 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. parrots and dolphins
  2. WHAT A WACKY PHONEME!
  3. language X has no Y therefore language X speakers cannot comprehend Y
  4. "African dialects"
  5. "flexible/efficient language" = flexible/efficient people
  6. "Chinese"
  7. folk etymology
  8. language X has a different root for (word) than other languages? WHAT WACKINESS
  9. Sapir-Whorf
  10. etymological fallacy
  11. the presence of (concept) makes a language "rational"
  12. bad IPA
  13. writing = speaking
  14. the absence of (concept) makes a language "rational"
  15. linguists = grammar nazis
  16. dialects = "impure version" of languages
  17. Languages X and Y are related because of superficial commonality Z
  18. language A + language B = language C therefore language C isn't a language
  19. (word) has no translation in English but it means (English translation)
  20. linguists = polyglots
  21. language processing = language production
  22. language X is the most difficult language
  23. prescriptivism
  24. slang ruins language purity