dialects ="impureversion" oflanguageslinguists=polyglotsprescriptivism"flexible/efficientlanguage" =flexible/efficientpeople(word) has notranslation inEnglish but itmeans (Englishtranslation)badIPAlanguage X hasno Y thereforelanguage Xspeakerscannotcomprehend Y"Africandialects"linguists =grammarnazisLanguages Xand Y arerelated becauseof superficialcommonality ZWHAT AWACKYPHONEME!Sapir-Whorfthe presenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"etymologicalfallacy"Chinese"language Xis the mostdifficultlanguagewriting =speakingthe absenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"languageprocessing= languageproductionlanguage A +language B =language Cthereforelanguage C isn'ta languageparrotsanddolphinslanguage X has adifferent root for(word) than otherlanguages? WHATWACKINESSslangruinslanguagepurityfolketymologydialects ="impureversion" oflanguageslinguists=polyglotsprescriptivism"flexible/efficientlanguage" =flexible/efficientpeople(word) has notranslation inEnglish but itmeans (Englishtranslation)badIPAlanguage X hasno Y thereforelanguage Xspeakerscannotcomprehend Y"Africandialects"linguists =grammarnazisLanguages Xand Y arerelated becauseof superficialcommonality ZWHAT AWACKYPHONEME!Sapir-Whorfthe presenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"etymologicalfallacy"Chinese"language Xis the mostdifficultlanguagewriting =speakingthe absenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"languageprocessing= languageproductionlanguage A +language B =language Cthereforelanguage C isn'ta languageparrotsanddolphinslanguage X has adifferent root for(word) than otherlanguages? WHATWACKINESSslangruinslanguagepurityfolketymology

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