the absenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"Sapir-Whorfslangruinslanguagepuritythe presenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"language Xis the mostdifficultlanguagewriting =speakingbadIPA"Chinese"prescriptivismlanguageprocessing= languageproductionWHAT AWACKYPHONEME!language A +language B =language Cthereforelanguage C isn'ta languageparrotsanddolphinslinguists =grammarnazisfolketymologydialects ="impureversion" oflanguages(word) has notranslation inEnglish but itmeans (Englishtranslation)language X hasno Y thereforelanguage Xspeakerscannotcomprehend YLanguages Xand Y arerelated becauseof superficialcommonality Z"Africandialects"language X has adifferent root for(word) than otherlanguages? WHATWACKINESS"flexible/efficientlanguage" =flexible/efficientpeoplelinguists=polyglotsetymologicalfallacythe absenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"Sapir-Whorfslangruinslanguagepuritythe presenceof (concept)makes alanguage"rational"language Xis the mostdifficultlanguagewriting =speakingbadIPA"Chinese"prescriptivismlanguageprocessing= languageproductionWHAT AWACKYPHONEME!language A +language B =language Cthereforelanguage C isn'ta languageparrotsanddolphinslinguists =grammarnazisfolketymologydialects ="impureversion" oflanguages(word) has notranslation inEnglish but itmeans (Englishtranslation)language X hasno Y thereforelanguage Xspeakerscannotcomprehend YLanguages Xand Y arerelated becauseof superficialcommonality Z"Africandialects"language X has adifferent root for(word) than otherlanguages? WHATWACKINESS"flexible/efficientlanguage" =flexible/efficientpeoplelinguists=polyglotsetymologicalfallacy

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