http://www.theguardian.com/culture/frankie-boyle
http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/jun/03/frankie-boyle-interview-never-died-onstage-at-festival-thought-about-suicide
Frankie Boyle is a comic whose blogs are intended to be humorous. He does this by using different language for a comedic effect. For example he says that at v festival he will have a feeling of 'alienation'. This is an exaggeration since there are many people at a festival however he is referring to the fact that he is not the same as the people that attend the festivals. I know this because he continues his sentence and says describes the crowd as looking like 'Halloween at hogwarts'. By using a simile he describes the crowd as something that we can imagine and we may agree with which makes it humorous.
This blogger also uses sarcasm throughout his writing, which the readers who regularly read his blogs would understand. For instance when he asks himself if he has ever died onstage his reply is to jokingly suggest he has thought about suicide before. This use of language could be seen as offensive to some readers therefore I think that he would only appeal to a certain audience.
Due to the fact that he uses no slang words on his blog, some may say that it has a formal register, however some may disagree due to the slightly offensive humour. Overall this is how I would summarise his blog, since he is a comic who uses sarcasm, which entertains his audience.
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