Bingo Calls Changed to be more Politically Correct – Gone Woke?Ī news story that did the rounds in 2020 claimed that bingo calls were being changed to appease the woke brigade, who decided that some bingo calls – two fat ladies being an obvious one – were offensive. That said, they might not be the same ones you are thinking of – in the age of political correctness and all of us being told how awful we are all the time, even bingo has not come through unscathed. It hasn’t been for some time, and there is a good reason for that, although places where bingo is played occasionally, or just for fun, or with a crazy theme as part of a bigger night may well still use comedy bingo calls. That often comes as a surprise to people who aren’t bingo players, because the old comedy calls are so ingrained in society that everyone just assumes this is still the way bingo is called.
Go to a professional bingo hall, however, and you won’t hear these calls at all anymore.
As one of the nation’s most long standing favourite games, bingo is known to pretty much everyone – even people who rarely or never play know what it is.īring up the game of bingo in a conversation and nine times out of ten someone will chirp out one of the traditional bingo calls two little ducks, clickety click, top of the shop, etc.
