WHAT AWACKYPHONEME!linguists=polyglotsSapir-Whorfwriting =speakingfolketymologylanguageprocessing= languageproductionlanguage X hasno Y thereforelanguage Xspeakerscannotcomprehend Yslangruinslanguagepurity"flexible/efficientlanguage" =flexible/efficientpeoplethe absenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"dialects ="impureversion" oflanguageslinguists =grammarnazis"Africandialects"badIPALanguages Xand Y arerelated becauseof superficialcommonality Zetymologicalfallacyparrotsanddolphinslanguage Xis the mostdifficultlanguage"Chinese"the presenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"language A +language B =language Cthereforelanguage C isn'ta language(word) has notranslation inEnglish but itmeans (Englishtranslation)language X has adifferent root for(word) than otherlanguages? WHATWACKINESSprescriptivismWHAT AWACKYPHONEME!linguists=polyglotsSapir-Whorfwriting =speakingfolketymologylanguageprocessing= languageproductionlanguage X hasno Y thereforelanguage Xspeakerscannotcomprehend Yslangruinslanguagepurity"flexible/efficientlanguage" =flexible/efficientpeoplethe absenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"dialects ="impureversion" oflanguageslinguists =grammarnazis"Africandialects"badIPALanguages Xand Y arerelated becauseof superficialcommonality Zetymologicalfallacyparrotsanddolphinslanguage Xis the mostdifficultlanguage"Chinese"the presenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"language A +language B =language Cthereforelanguage C isn'ta language(word) has notranslation inEnglish but itmeans (Englishtranslation)language X has adifferent root for(word) than otherlanguages? WHATWACKINESSprescriptivism

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