This video use's various slang words which are
commonly used between groups of teenage girls to highlight how informal our
english language has become and how ridiculous it can sound. I believe they
have decided to use the setting of an army office to highlight how awful things
could’ve been if our current slang words were used when the war was occurring.
The non-standard lexis such as 'swear down' and 'well vexed' highlight how inappropriate
our language would've been if we had considered using them years ago in this
context and also shows how much language has developed. In addition the repetition
of 'harsh' is used when the character is feeling either shocked or betrayed
which indicates to the audience that nothing is taken very seriously anymore
and someone’s sense of sadness is now seen as a joke or uncared for.
Additionally, the phonology which is used in this video are words such as 'like' and 'whatever' which are used to speed the speech up which is another technique they have used to make the sketch humorous. It achieves this as these types of fillers are associated with modern day slang and the bristolian accent. As the characters are placed in a deliberate scenario which is based in a war scene, it increases the comedy side of it as it emphises how we no longer put much thought or effort into what we are saying and most of the time we make no sense. The colloquial language which replaces the standard english is used especially to boost the playfulness of the video and i believe this is what makes it so funny for the audience to watch as it is very unexpected.
No comments:
Post a Comment