parrotsanddolphinslanguageprocessing= languageproduction"Chinese"the presenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"dialects ="impureversion" oflanguagesetymologicalfallacylanguage X has adifferent root for(word) than otherlanguages? WHATWACKINESSprescriptivismLanguages Xand Y arerelated becauseof superficialcommonality ZSapir-Whorf(word) has notranslation inEnglish but itmeans (Englishtranslation)WHAT AWACKYPHONEME!language A +language B =language Cthereforelanguage C isn'ta languagebadIPAlinguists=polyglotsfolketymologyslangruinslanguagepuritywriting =speakingthe absenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"linguists =grammarnazislanguage Xis the mostdifficultlanguage"flexible/efficientlanguage" =flexible/efficientpeoplelanguage X hasno Y thereforelanguage Xspeakerscannotcomprehend Y"Africandialects"parrotsanddolphinslanguageprocessing= languageproduction"Chinese"the presenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"dialects ="impureversion" oflanguagesetymologicalfallacylanguage X has adifferent root for(word) than otherlanguages? WHATWACKINESSprescriptivismLanguages Xand Y arerelated becauseof superficialcommonality ZSapir-Whorf(word) has notranslation inEnglish but itmeans (Englishtranslation)WHAT AWACKYPHONEME!language A +language B =language Cthereforelanguage C isn'ta languagebadIPAlinguists=polyglotsfolketymologyslangruinslanguagepuritywriting =speakingthe absenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"linguists =grammarnazislanguage Xis the mostdifficultlanguage"flexible/efficientlanguage" =flexible/efficientpeoplelanguage X hasno Y thereforelanguage Xspeakerscannotcomprehend Y"Africandialects"

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