parrotsanddolphinslinguists =grammarnazis"Chinese"language X hasno Y thereforelanguage Xspeakerscannotcomprehend YWHAT AWACKYPHONEME!"Africandialects"badIPAfolketymology(word) has notranslation inEnglish but itmeans (Englishtranslation)the presenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"language Xis the mostdifficultlanguageprescriptivismdialects ="impureversion" oflanguagesthe absenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"language A +language B =language Cthereforelanguage C isn'ta languagelanguage X has adifferent root for(word) than otherlanguages? WHATWACKINESSslangruinslanguagepurityetymologicalfallacySapir-Whorflanguageprocessing= languageproductionwriting =speaking"flexible/efficientlanguage" =flexible/efficientpeopleLanguages Xand Y arerelated becauseof superficialcommonality Zlinguists=polyglotsparrotsanddolphinslinguists =grammarnazis"Chinese"language X hasno Y thereforelanguage Xspeakerscannotcomprehend YWHAT AWACKYPHONEME!"Africandialects"badIPAfolketymology(word) has notranslation inEnglish but itmeans (Englishtranslation)the presenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"language Xis the mostdifficultlanguageprescriptivismdialects ="impureversion" oflanguagesthe absenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"language A +language B =language Cthereforelanguage C isn'ta languagelanguage X has adifferent root for(word) than otherlanguages? WHATWACKINESSslangruinslanguagepurityetymologicalfallacySapir-Whorflanguageprocessing= languageproductionwriting =speaking"flexible/efficientlanguage" =flexible/efficientpeopleLanguages Xand Y arerelated becauseof superficialcommonality Zlinguists=polyglots

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