"flexible/efficientlanguage" =flexible/efficientpeopleprescriptivism"Africandialects"Sapir-WhorfparrotsanddolphinsWHAT AWACKYPHONEME!linguists=polyglotslanguage X hasno Y thereforelanguage Xspeakerscannotcomprehend Ylanguage Xis the mostdifficultlanguage"Chinese"linguists =grammarnazisslangruinslanguagepuritythe absenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"badIPAlanguageprocessing= languageproductionlanguage X has adifferent root for(word) than otherlanguages? WHATWACKINESSdialects ="impureversion" oflanguagesetymologicalfallacyfolketymologylanguage A +language B =language Cthereforelanguage C isn'ta languagewriting =speaking(word) has notranslation inEnglish but itmeans (Englishtranslation)the presenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"Languages Xand Y arerelated becauseof superficialcommonality Z"flexible/efficientlanguage" =flexible/efficientpeopleprescriptivism"Africandialects"Sapir-WhorfparrotsanddolphinsWHAT AWACKYPHONEME!linguists=polyglotslanguage X hasno Y thereforelanguage Xspeakerscannotcomprehend Ylanguage Xis the mostdifficultlanguage"Chinese"linguists =grammarnazisslangruinslanguagepuritythe absenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"badIPAlanguageprocessing= languageproductionlanguage X has adifferent root for(word) than otherlanguages? WHATWACKINESSdialects ="impureversion" oflanguagesetymologicalfallacyfolketymologylanguage A +language B =language Cthereforelanguage C isn'ta languagewriting =speaking(word) has notranslation inEnglish but itmeans (Englishtranslation)the presenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"Languages Xand Y arerelated becauseof superficialcommonality Z

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