"Chinese"linguists=polyglotsbadIPA"flexible/efficientlanguage" =flexible/efficientpeopledialects ="impureversion" oflanguages(word) has notranslation inEnglish but itmeans (Englishtranslation)Sapir-Whorfwriting =speakingLanguages Xand Y arerelated becauseof superficialcommonality Zlanguage Xis the mostdifficultlanguagelanguageprocessing= languageproductionthe presenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"prescriptivismetymologicalfallacylinguists =grammarnazisslangruinslanguagepuritylanguage X has adifferent root for(word) than otherlanguages? WHATWACKINESS"Africandialects"language A +language B =language Cthereforelanguage C isn'ta languagefolketymologyparrotsanddolphinsthe absenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"WHAT AWACKYPHONEME!language X hasno Y thereforelanguage Xspeakerscannotcomprehend Y"Chinese"linguists=polyglotsbadIPA"flexible/efficientlanguage" =flexible/efficientpeopledialects ="impureversion" oflanguages(word) has notranslation inEnglish but itmeans (Englishtranslation)Sapir-Whorfwriting =speakingLanguages Xand Y arerelated becauseof superficialcommonality Zlanguage Xis the mostdifficultlanguagelanguageprocessing= languageproductionthe presenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"prescriptivismetymologicalfallacylinguists =grammarnazisslangruinslanguagepuritylanguage X has adifferent root for(word) than otherlanguages? WHATWACKINESS"Africandialects"language A +language B =language Cthereforelanguage C isn'ta languagefolketymologyparrotsanddolphinsthe absenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"WHAT AWACKYPHONEME!language 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. "Chinese"
  2. linguists = polyglots
  3. bad IPA
  4. "flexible/efficient language" = flexible/efficient people
  5. dialects = "impure version" of languages
  6. (word) has no translation in English but it means (English translation)
  7. Sapir-Whorf
  8. writing = speaking
  9. Languages X and Y are related because of superficial commonality Z
  10. language X is the most difficult language
  11. language processing = language production
  12. the presence of (concept) makes a language "rational"
  13. prescriptivism
  14. etymological fallacy
  15. linguists = grammar nazis
  16. slang ruins language purity
  17. language X has a different root for (word) than other languages? WHAT WACKINESS
  18. "African dialects"
  19. language A + language B = language C therefore language C isn't a language
  20. folk etymology
  21. parrots and dolphins
  22. the absence of (concept) makes a language "rational"
  23. WHAT A WACKY PHONEME!
  24. language X has no Y therefore language X speakers cannot comprehend Y