"Africandialects"badIPAlanguage X hasno Y thereforelanguage Xspeakerscannotcomprehend Ylanguage X has adifferent root for(word) than otherlanguages? WHATWACKINESSslangruinslanguagepurityprescriptivism"Chinese"language A +language B =language Cthereforelanguage C isn'ta languageWHAT AWACKYPHONEME!"flexible/efficientlanguage" =flexible/efficientpeoplelanguageprocessing= languageproductionlinguists =grammarnazislanguage Xis the mostdifficultlanguagethe presenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"(word) has notranslation inEnglish but itmeans (Englishtranslation)Sapir-Whorfdialects ="impureversion" oflanguagesLanguages Xand Y arerelated becauseof superficialcommonality Zetymologicalfallacyparrotsanddolphinswriting =speakingfolketymologylinguists=polyglotsthe absenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational""Africandialects"badIPAlanguage X hasno Y thereforelanguage Xspeakerscannotcomprehend Ylanguage X has adifferent root for(word) than otherlanguages? WHATWACKINESSslangruinslanguagepurityprescriptivism"Chinese"language A +language B =language Cthereforelanguage C isn'ta languageWHAT AWACKYPHONEME!"flexible/efficientlanguage" =flexible/efficientpeoplelanguageprocessing= languageproductionlinguists =grammarnazislanguage Xis the mostdifficultlanguagethe presenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"(word) has notranslation inEnglish but itmeans (Englishtranslation)Sapir-Whorfdialects ="impureversion" oflanguagesLanguages Xand Y arerelated becauseof superficialcommonality Zetymologicalfallacyparrotsanddolphinswriting =speakingfolketymologylinguists=polyglotsthe absenceof (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. "African dialects"
  2. bad IPA
  3. language X has no Y therefore language X speakers cannot comprehend Y
  4. language X has a different root for (word) than other languages? WHAT WACKINESS
  5. slang ruins language purity
  6. prescriptivism
  7. "Chinese"
  8. language A + language B = language C therefore language C isn't a language
  9. WHAT A WACKY PHONEME!
  10. "flexible/efficient language" = flexible/efficient people
  11. language processing = language production
  12. linguists = grammar nazis
  13. language X is the most difficult language
  14. the presence of (concept) makes a language "rational"
  15. (word) has no translation in English but it means (English translation)
  16. Sapir-Whorf
  17. dialects = "impure version" of languages
  18. Languages X and Y are related because of superficial commonality Z
  19. etymological fallacy
  20. parrots and dolphins
  21. writing = speaking
  22. folk etymology
  23. linguists = polyglots
  24. the absence of (concept) makes a language "rational"