WHAT AWACKYPHONEME!"Africandialects"Sapir-Whorfetymologicalfallacyslangruinslanguagepuritywriting =speakingbadIPAthe absenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"languageprocessing= languageproductiondialects ="impureversion" oflanguagesfolketymology(word) has notranslation inEnglish but itmeans (Englishtranslation)language Xis the mostdifficultlanguageLanguages Xand Y arerelated becauseof superficialcommonality Zlinguists=polyglotslanguage X has adifferent root for(word) than otherlanguages? WHATWACKINESSparrotsanddolphinslanguage X hasno Y thereforelanguage Xspeakerscannotcomprehend Y"Chinese"linguists =grammarnazislanguage A +language B =language Cthereforelanguage C isn'ta language"flexible/efficientlanguage" =flexible/efficientpeopleprescriptivismthe presenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"WHAT AWACKYPHONEME!"Africandialects"Sapir-Whorfetymologicalfallacyslangruinslanguagepuritywriting =speakingbadIPAthe absenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"languageprocessing= languageproductiondialects ="impureversion" oflanguagesfolketymology(word) has notranslation inEnglish but itmeans (Englishtranslation)language Xis the mostdifficultlanguageLanguages Xand Y arerelated becauseof superficialcommonality Zlinguists=polyglotslanguage X has adifferent root for(word) than otherlanguages? WHATWACKINESSparrotsanddolphinslanguage X hasno Y thereforelanguage Xspeakerscannotcomprehend Y"Chinese"linguists =grammarnazislanguage A +language B =language Cthereforelanguage C isn'ta language"flexible/efficientlanguage" =flexible/efficientpeopleprescriptivismthe presenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"

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