languageprocessing= languageproductionthe presenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"language Xis the mostdifficultlanguagelanguage A +language B =language Cthereforelanguage C isn'ta languagelinguists =grammarnazis(word) has notranslation inEnglish but itmeans (Englishtranslation)writing =speaking"flexible/efficientlanguage" =flexible/efficientpeoplethe absenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"parrotsanddolphins"Chinese"WHAT AWACKYPHONEME!prescriptivismSapir-Whorfetymologicalfallacylanguage X hasno Y thereforelanguage Xspeakerscannotcomprehend YslangruinslanguagepuritybadIPAlinguists=polyglotsfolketymology"Africandialects"Languages Xand Y arerelated becauseof superficialcommonality Zlanguage X has adifferent root for(word) than otherlanguages? WHATWACKINESSdialects ="impureversion" oflanguageslanguageprocessing= languageproductionthe presenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"language Xis the mostdifficultlanguagelanguage A +language B =language Cthereforelanguage C isn'ta languagelinguists =grammarnazis(word) has notranslation inEnglish but itmeans (Englishtranslation)writing =speaking"flexible/efficientlanguage" =flexible/efficientpeoplethe absenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"parrotsanddolphins"Chinese"WHAT AWACKYPHONEME!prescriptivismSapir-Whorfetymologicalfallacylanguage X hasno Y thereforelanguage Xspeakerscannotcomprehend YslangruinslanguagepuritybadIPAlinguists=polyglotsfolketymology"Africandialects"Languages Xand Y arerelated becauseof superficialcommonality Zlanguage X has adifferent root for(word) than otherlanguages? WHATWACKINESSdialects ="impureversion" oflanguages

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