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.