"flexible/efficientlanguage" =flexible/efficientpeoplethe absenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"linguists=polyglotsdialects ="impureversion" oflanguagesfolketymologyLanguages Xand Y arerelated becauseof superficialcommonality ZbadIPAlanguage A +language B =language Cthereforelanguage C isn'ta languagelanguageprocessing= languageproductionlanguage Xis the mostdifficultlanguageSapir-Whorfthe presenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"(word) has notranslation inEnglish but itmeans (Englishtranslation)parrotsanddolphinsprescriptivism"Africandialects"etymologicalfallacy"Chinese"language X has adifferent root for(word) than otherlanguages? WHATWACKINESSslangruinslanguagepuritywriting =speakinglinguists =grammarnazislanguage X hasno Y thereforelanguage Xspeakerscannotcomprehend YWHAT AWACKYPHONEME!"flexible/efficientlanguage" =flexible/efficientpeoplethe absenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"linguists=polyglotsdialects ="impureversion" oflanguagesfolketymologyLanguages Xand Y arerelated becauseof superficialcommonality ZbadIPAlanguage A +language B =language Cthereforelanguage C isn'ta languagelanguageprocessing= languageproductionlanguage Xis the mostdifficultlanguageSapir-Whorfthe presenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"(word) has notranslation inEnglish but itmeans (Englishtranslation)parrotsanddolphinsprescriptivism"Africandialects"etymologicalfallacy"Chinese"language X has adifferent root for(word) than otherlanguages? WHATWACKINESSslangruinslanguagepuritywriting =speakinglinguists =grammarnazislanguage X hasno Y thereforelanguage Xspeakerscannotcomprehend YWHAT AWACKYPHONEME!

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