Continuity mistake: When Penny is talking to Leonard about who read her Ex's blog, she has a spoon full of ice-cream. Camera cuts and it's now empty. (00:05:00)
The Prestidigitation Approximation - S4-E18
Continuity mistake: It is well-known that Leonard's glasses do not have lenses to avoid catching reflection by the lights. In this episode, Priya takes Leonard's glasses off, and they have lenses.
The Extract Obliteration - S6-E6
Continuity mistake: Sheldon is siting at the kitchen counter with a mug in front of him. In one shot, the string of a teabag appears coming out of the mug. In between shots, the teabag string moves by itself.
The Robotic Manipulation - S4-E1
Continuity mistake: At the start, as Howard says "And finally my kung pow chicken" the robot arm is level with the top of the bag. Camera cuts and it's reaching to the bottom of the bag. (00:00:15)
The Classified Materials Turbulence - S2-E22
Continuity mistake: Leonard is talking to Stuart at the door to his (Leonard's) apartment. Howard then comes over and slams the door in Stuart's face and Leonard has moved back about 4-ft instantly.
The Lizard-Spock Expansion - S2-E8
Continuity mistake: The way Leonard holds the can of Diet coke before he puts it down changes between shots. (00:00:25)
The Matrimonial Momentum - S9-E1
Continuity mistake: In the first half of the episode while in Las Vegas, Penny's hair is short; however, later in the episode when she is back in the apartment speaking with Sheldon, her hair is much longer, albeit tied back in a bun, but very obviously much longer and a very different color. The scene from Las Vegas to her apartment was less than 24 hours apart and would have been impossible for her hair to have grown so much.
The Hot Troll Deviation - S4-E4
Continuity mistake: When Sheldon and Raj are arguing about having a desk in Sheldon's office, Sheldon's bottle of water keeps rotating without anyone touching it - take note of the label. The level of water in Sheldon's drink also keeps changing between shots. (00:06:20)
The Robotic Manipulation - S4-E1
Continuity mistake: When driving to the date, the cars behind Penny's change place instantly. For example a 4x4 becomes 3 cars, which become 1 car in the space of 3 seconds. (00:09:10)
The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis - S2-E11
Continuity mistake: When Penny takes a drink from the egg-nog carton before kissing Leonard on the cheek, between shots the logo-branded label changes which direction it faces in her hand. (00:16:45)
The Vartabedian Conundrum - S2-E10
Continuity mistake: When Stephanie asks Leonard why he hasn't told her about Penny, he spills some of the pancake mixture out of the bowl he is stirring. In some shots the spilled mixture vanishes and the appears again.
The Maternal Capacitance - S2-E15
Continuity mistake: After Leonard's mother says, 'Tell me about it', her head was tilted downwards, but in the next shot, she was looking straight again. (00:04:35)
The Vartabedian Conundrum - S2-E10
Continuity mistake: When Leonard, Raj and Howard are talking about Leonard's new trousers, the items on the tray behind Howard keep changing.
The Einstein Approximation - S3-E14
Continuity mistake: When Sheldon is playing in the ball pit and Leonard is trying to coax him out the position of the black netting of the ball pit alternates between being and not being wrapped around the yellow entrance pillars.
The Classified Materials Turbulence - S2-E22
Continuity mistake: When Raj is going through the ideas on what would work to fix the toilet, Sheldon's hand is not near his face, but when Howard talks about moving to Israel, Sheldon's hand is up by his face.
The Grasshopper Experiment - S1-E8
Continuity mistake: When Raj starts talking to Penny after he drinks the Grasshopper drink in her apartment, in one frontal shot he lifts the drink and begins to drink but in the next shot from behind the drink is back on the counter.
The Monopolar Expedition - S2-E23
Continuity mistake: When Penny finds out about the expedition, Sheldon starts to walk to his apartment. Camera cuts to Leonard in the apartment for five seconds and then to Penny in the doorway. Behind her, you can see Sheldon walking to the apartment still. Since he was halfway to start with, he should be in the apartment by now. (00:10:35)
Answer: Because Raj's selective mutism seems to be caused by women that Raj sees (on some sort of conscious or subconscious level) as a potential sexual partner. An attribute that wouldn't apply to either his sister or mother.