language A +language B =language Cthereforelanguage C isn'ta languagedialects ="impureversion" oflanguageslanguage X has adifferent root for(word) than otherlanguages? WHATWACKINESSparrotsanddolphinsslangruinslanguagepuritylanguage X hasno Y thereforelanguage Xspeakerscannotcomprehend Ylinguists=polyglotsthe presenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"linguists =grammarnazisbadIPAprescriptivismetymologicalfallacywriting =speakinglanguage Xis the mostdifficultlanguagethe absenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"languageprocessing= languageproduction(word) has notranslation inEnglish but itmeans (Englishtranslation)WHAT AWACKYPHONEME!"flexible/efficientlanguage" =flexible/efficientpeopleLanguages Xand Y arerelated becauseof superficialcommonality Zfolketymology"Chinese""Africandialects"Sapir-Whorflanguage A +language B =language Cthereforelanguage C isn'ta languagedialects ="impureversion" oflanguageslanguage X has adifferent root for(word) than otherlanguages? WHATWACKINESSparrotsanddolphinsslangruinslanguagepuritylanguage X hasno Y thereforelanguage Xspeakerscannotcomprehend Ylinguists=polyglotsthe presenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"linguists =grammarnazisbadIPAprescriptivismetymologicalfallacywriting =speakinglanguage Xis the mostdifficultlanguagethe absenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"languageprocessing= languageproduction(word) has notranslation inEnglish but itmeans (Englishtranslation)WHAT AWACKYPHONEME!"flexible/efficientlanguage" =flexible/efficientpeopleLanguages Xand Y arerelated becauseof superficialcommonality Zfolketymology"Chinese""Africandialects"Sapir-Whorf

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