writing =speakingSapir-Whorffolketymologylanguage Xis the mostdifficultlanguageLanguages Xand Y arerelated becauseof superficialcommonality Zdialects ="impureversion" oflanguageslanguage A +language B =language Cthereforelanguage C isn'ta languagelinguists=polyglotslanguage X has adifferent root for(word) than otherlanguages? WHATWACKINESSlinguists =grammarnazis"Africandialects"prescriptivismthe absenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"WHAT AWACKYPHONEME!parrotsanddolphins(word) has notranslation inEnglish but itmeans (Englishtranslation)the presenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"badIPA"flexible/efficientlanguage" =flexible/efficientpeople"Chinese"etymologicalfallacylanguageprocessing= languageproductionslangruinslanguagepuritylanguage X hasno Y thereforelanguage Xspeakerscannotcomprehend Ywriting =speakingSapir-Whorffolketymologylanguage Xis the mostdifficultlanguageLanguages Xand Y arerelated becauseof superficialcommonality Zdialects ="impureversion" oflanguageslanguage A +language B =language Cthereforelanguage C isn'ta languagelinguists=polyglotslanguage X has adifferent root for(word) than otherlanguages? WHATWACKINESSlinguists =grammarnazis"Africandialects"prescriptivismthe absenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"WHAT AWACKYPHONEME!parrotsanddolphins(word) has notranslation inEnglish but itmeans (Englishtranslation)the presenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"badIPA"flexible/efficientlanguage" =flexible/efficientpeople"Chinese"etymologicalfallacylanguageprocessing= languageproductionslangruinslanguagepuritylanguage X hasno Y thereforelanguage Xspeakerscannotcomprehend Y

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