the absenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"dialects ="impureversion" oflanguagesthe presenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"WHAT AWACKYPHONEME!parrotsanddolphinslanguage A +language B =language Cthereforelanguage C isn'ta languageprescriptivism"flexible/efficientlanguage" =flexible/efficientpeople"Chinese"linguists =grammarnazisslangruinslanguagepurity"Africandialects"badIPAfolketymologyetymologicalfallacylanguageprocessing= languageproductionwriting =speakinglanguage X hasno Y thereforelanguage Xspeakerscannotcomprehend YSapir-Whorflanguage X has adifferent root for(word) than otherlanguages? WHATWACKINESSlinguists=polyglots(word) has notranslation inEnglish but itmeans (Englishtranslation)language Xis the mostdifficultlanguageLanguages Xand Y arerelated becauseof superficialcommonality Zthe absenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"dialects ="impureversion" oflanguagesthe presenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"WHAT AWACKYPHONEME!parrotsanddolphinslanguage A +language B =language Cthereforelanguage C isn'ta languageprescriptivism"flexible/efficientlanguage" =flexible/efficientpeople"Chinese"linguists =grammarnazisslangruinslanguagepurity"Africandialects"badIPAfolketymologyetymologicalfallacylanguageprocessing= languageproductionwriting =speakinglanguage X hasno Y thereforelanguage Xspeakerscannotcomprehend YSapir-Whorflanguage X has adifferent root for(word) than otherlanguages? WHATWACKINESSlinguists=polyglots(word) has notranslation inEnglish but itmeans (Englishtranslation)language Xis the mostdifficultlanguageLanguages Xand Y arerelated becauseof superficialcommonality Z

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