"flexible/efficientlanguage" =flexible/efficientpeoplelinguists =grammarnazisdialects ="impureversion" oflanguageslanguageprocessing= languageproductionthe presenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"writing =speakingetymologicalfallacybadIPAthe absenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"parrotsanddolphins(word) has notranslation inEnglish but itmeans (Englishtranslation)language X hasno Y thereforelanguage Xspeakerscannotcomprehend YLanguages Xand Y arerelated becauseof superficialcommonality Z"Chinese"prescriptivismSapir-WhorfWHAT AWACKYPHONEME!language X has adifferent root for(word) than otherlanguages? WHATWACKINESSlanguage Xis the mostdifficultlanguagefolketymologylanguage A +language B =language Cthereforelanguage C isn'ta language"Africandialects"linguists=polyglotsslangruinslanguagepurity"flexible/efficientlanguage" =flexible/efficientpeoplelinguists =grammarnazisdialects ="impureversion" oflanguageslanguageprocessing= languageproductionthe presenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"writing =speakingetymologicalfallacybadIPAthe absenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"parrotsanddolphins(word) has notranslation inEnglish but itmeans (Englishtranslation)language X hasno Y thereforelanguage Xspeakerscannotcomprehend YLanguages Xand Y arerelated becauseof superficialcommonality Z"Chinese"prescriptivismSapir-WhorfWHAT AWACKYPHONEME!language X has adifferent root for(word) than otherlanguages? WHATWACKINESSlanguage Xis the mostdifficultlanguagefolketymologylanguage A +language B =language Cthereforelanguage C isn'ta language"Africandialects"linguists=polyglotsslangruinslanguagepurity

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