language X hasno Y thereforelanguage Xspeakerscannotcomprehend Ylinguists =grammarnazis"Chinese"writing =speakingSapir-Whorf"Africandialects"etymologicalfallacylanguageprocessing= languageproductionthe presenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"dialects ="impureversion" oflanguages(word) has notranslation inEnglish but itmeans (Englishtranslation)slangruinslanguagepurityprescriptivismlanguage X has adifferent root for(word) than otherlanguages? WHATWACKINESSlanguage A +language B =language Cthereforelanguage C isn'ta languagelinguists=polyglotsWHAT AWACKYPHONEME!folketymologythe absenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"language Xis the mostdifficultlanguageLanguages Xand Y arerelated becauseof superficialcommonality Z"flexible/efficientlanguage" =flexible/efficientpeopleparrotsanddolphinsbadIPAlanguage X hasno Y thereforelanguage Xspeakerscannotcomprehend Ylinguists =grammarnazis"Chinese"writing =speakingSapir-Whorf"Africandialects"etymologicalfallacylanguageprocessing= languageproductionthe presenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"dialects ="impureversion" oflanguages(word) has notranslation inEnglish but itmeans (Englishtranslation)slangruinslanguagepurityprescriptivismlanguage X has adifferent root for(word) than otherlanguages? WHATWACKINESSlanguage A +language B =language Cthereforelanguage C isn'ta languagelinguists=polyglotsWHAT AWACKYPHONEME!folketymologythe absenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"language Xis the mostdifficultlanguageLanguages Xand Y arerelated becauseof superficialcommonality Z"flexible/efficientlanguage" =flexible/efficientpeopleparrotsanddolphinsbadIPA

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