parrotsanddolphinsthe presenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"Sapir-Whorflinguists =grammarnazis"Chinese"the absenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational""flexible/efficientlanguage" =flexible/efficientpeopledialects ="impureversion" oflanguagesfolketymologyetymologicalfallacyLanguages Xand Y arerelated becauseof superficialcommonality Z"Africandialects"prescriptivismWHAT AWACKYPHONEME!language X hasno Y thereforelanguage Xspeakerscannotcomprehend Ylanguage A +language B =language Cthereforelanguage C isn'ta languagebadIPA(word) has notranslation inEnglish but itmeans (Englishtranslation)language X has adifferent root for(word) than otherlanguages? WHATWACKINESSlanguageprocessing= languageproductionlinguists=polyglotslanguage Xis the mostdifficultlanguagewriting =speakingslangruinslanguagepurityparrotsanddolphinsthe presenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"Sapir-Whorflinguists =grammarnazis"Chinese"the absenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational""flexible/efficientlanguage" =flexible/efficientpeopledialects ="impureversion" oflanguagesfolketymologyetymologicalfallacyLanguages Xand Y arerelated becauseof superficialcommonality Z"Africandialects"prescriptivismWHAT AWACKYPHONEME!language X hasno Y thereforelanguage Xspeakerscannotcomprehend Ylanguage A +language B =language Cthereforelanguage C isn'ta languagebadIPA(word) has notranslation inEnglish but itmeans (Englishtranslation)language X has adifferent root for(word) than otherlanguages? WHATWACKINESSlanguageprocessing= languageproductionlinguists=polyglotslanguage Xis the mostdifficultlanguagewriting =speakingslangruinslanguagepurity

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