Armstrong and Miller - RAF Pilots - D Day

 This video, its contents and the language used is all aiming for comical result. The language is very informal and contains a lot of slang, for example ‘if they do haz donkey rides’ it is not used in front of people that they do not know. I would say that they talk this way because they clearly know each other so it is therefore a form of sociolect, however this doesn’t change when the two main characters speak to another person, they carry on with phrases like ‘big time.’

Also the accent they have is very posh and accurate to the time setting they are in, yet what they say is not suitable for that. Armstrong especially uses many contractions such as ‘ain’t’ and ‘isn’t’ to make the viewers more comfortable and at home with watching it; this and the accent make it much more comical how they contrast each other so much.

The word ‘so’ is used a lot as a discourse marker and to emphasise what comes after, as they are going for a more informal, chavvy language to make the contrasts more apparent. As well as this the other character in the clip is very different, his language is brief and commanding, very much more suitable for the time period, which shows even more contrast between the characters.