dialects ="impureversion" oflanguages(word) has notranslation inEnglish but itmeans (Englishtranslation)WHAT AWACKYPHONEME!Languages Xand Y arerelated becauseof superficialcommonality Zwriting =speakingprescriptivismthe absenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"badIPAlanguage Xis the mostdifficultlanguageSapir-Whorflanguageprocessing= languageproductionlanguage X hasno Y thereforelanguage Xspeakerscannotcomprehend Y"Chinese"linguists =grammarnazislanguage A +language B =language Cthereforelanguage C isn'ta languageetymologicalfallacyslangruinslanguagepuritylanguage X has adifferent root for(word) than otherlanguages? WHATWACKINESSlinguists=polyglotsparrotsanddolphins"Africandialects"the presenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational""flexible/efficientlanguage" =flexible/efficientpeoplefolketymologydialects ="impureversion" oflanguages(word) has notranslation inEnglish but itmeans (Englishtranslation)WHAT AWACKYPHONEME!Languages Xand Y arerelated becauseof superficialcommonality Zwriting =speakingprescriptivismthe absenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"badIPAlanguage Xis the mostdifficultlanguageSapir-Whorflanguageprocessing= languageproductionlanguage X hasno Y thereforelanguage Xspeakerscannotcomprehend Y"Chinese"linguists =grammarnazislanguage A +language B =language Cthereforelanguage C isn'ta languageetymologicalfallacyslangruinslanguagepuritylanguage X has adifferent root for(word) than otherlanguages? WHATWACKINESSlinguists=polyglotsparrotsanddolphins"Africandialects"the presenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational""flexible/efficientlanguage" =flexible/efficientpeoplefolketymology

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