Analysis of the language that Bill Bailey used in his Geoferry Chaucer joke

   I've chosen to analyse the language used by Bill Bailey because I find great interest in the way that different comedians are able to manipulate language in a way that suits them and their personality to entertain an audience. In my investigation I'm looking forward to comparing the differences and similarities between male comedians talking about the same subject, reviewing the linguistic ways in which they choose to manipulate language keeping it standard or non-standard and looking into the dialects or sociolects that they hold.
   Bill Bailey is a very well known comedian and has a wide spread audience that appreciate his brand of humor. He plays with language quite a lot when he is on stage, quite often putting on different accents and making fun of different dialects and sociolects. An example of this is from his Tinselworm show, at the beginning of the performance he makes fun of an American's accent by relating the sound of the words to other cultures and making the character sound unintelligent. "He said 'Do you like soccer?' and I said, 'What do you mean? The Caribbean music sensation, Soca?' By doing this he is taking account of the phonology of language in different parts of the world and creating a comedic way of presenting it to an audience. To do this though, he needs a very wide understanding of different ways of living and how to derive humor from these situations. Comedy like this needs to be quite spontaneous and witty for him to be able to respond quickly and humorously to hecklers, to be able to to keep the audience's attention and also to gain the size of fan base that he has. To be able to respond quickly and humorously to hecklers. For Bill Bailey to imitate the Chaucer dialect and to alter language to become non-standard English, he must have a good understanding of the English language.