In Chapter 2 Rule Governed we learn about a term called Syntactics which is the study of the meaning behind language and the way language is arranged. This cartoon is an example of Syntactics and how important the way we speak is and the meaning hidden behind language. To be honest this is a quite funny cartoon because it’s kind of ironic that they’d have to meet anonymously when there’s nothing wrong behind the way they speak. Well at least nothing that has to be a secret. In this context the message behind the way they are speaking is projected to be wrong. This cartoon displays syntactics perfectly because the man speaking is mixing up the words which causes it to be difficult to understand him. Each word has its own meaning but when it’s put together it creates an entirely different meaning. 

This cartoon relates to my personal experience because my language sometimes becomes scrambled, also making it difficult for others to understand. This happens often after a long day at work and I’m very tired. This also happens when I try to speak quickly and my brain says the words much faster than my mouth. I think it’s funny but sometimes it can be embarrassing if it happens in front of my boss.

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