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* AnachronismStew: Inherent in the very concept; the blog remains rather vague about exactly how Chaucer is posting on the internet. It's also a common source of jokes; e.g., from almost the beginning, Chaucer complains about his son Lowys's "[[UsefulNotes/Xbox360 Exboxe CCCLX]]".
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''[[http://houseoffame.blogspot.com Geoffrey Chaucer Hath A Blog]]'' is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: a blog purporting to be written by Creator/GeoffreyChaucer. Beginning as a one-off joke, it eventually developed a measure of continuity as well as a small but devoted following.
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''[[http://houseoffame.blogspot.com Geoffrey Chaucer Hath A Blog]]'' is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: a blog purporting to be written by Creator/GeoffreyChaucer. Beginning as a one-off joke, it eventually developed a measure of continuity as well as a small but devoted following.
following. The blog is pretty quiet these days, but Chaucer is still active on [[http://twitter.com/levostregc Twitter.]]
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* TotallyRadical: At one point, the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lords_Appellant Lords Appellant]] take over the blog and rebrand it as ''Geoffrey Chaucer Hath an Extreme Blog! Go England! It Is Rad!"[[note]]Chaucer likely put a stop to this by [[{{Pun}} appealing]] to Bolingbroke, one of said Lords Appellant, who was John of Gaunt's son (and Chaucer's brother-in-law), and who would become king Henry IV later on.[[/note]]
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* TotallyRadical: At one point, the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lords_Appellant Lords Appellant]] take over the blog and rebrand it as ''Geoffrey Chaucer Hath an Extreme Blog! Go England! It Is Rad!"[[note]]Chaucer likely put a stop to this by [[{{Pun}} appealing]] to Bolingbroke, one of said Lords Appellant, who was John of Gaunt's son (and Chaucer's brother-in-law), nephew-in-law), and who would become king Henry IV later on.[[/note]]
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* TotallyRadical: At one point, the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lords_Appellant Lords Appellant]] take over the blog and rebrand it as ''Geoffrey Chaucer Hath an Extreme Blog! Go England! It Is Rad!"Rad!"[[note]]Chaucer likely put a stop to this by [[{{Pun}} appealing]] to Bolingbroke, one of said Lords Appellant, who was John of Gaunt's son (and Chaucer's brother-in-law), and who would become king Henry IV later on.[[/note]]
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* AnachronismStew: Inherent in the very concept; the blog remains rather vague about exactly how Chaucer is posting on the internet. It's also a common source of jokes; e.g., from almost the beginning, Chaucer complains about his son Lowys's "[[{{Xbox 360}} Exboxe CCCLX]]".
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* AnachronismStew: Inherent in the very concept; the blog remains rather vague about exactly how Chaucer is posting on the internet. It's also a common source of jokes; e.g., from almost the beginning, Chaucer complains about his son Lowys's "[[{{Xbox 360}} "[[UsefulNotes/Xbox360 Exboxe CCCLX]]".
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* {{Homage}}: Very common. The first post to get much internet attention was a ''BrokebackMountain'' homage (involving Chaucer and the author of SirGawainAndTheGreenKnight), and more followed.
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* {{Homage}}: Very common. The first post to get much internet attention was a ''BrokebackMountain'' ''Film/BrokebackMountain'' homage (involving Chaucer and the author of SirGawainAndTheGreenKnight), Literature/SirGawainAndTheGreenKnight), and more followed.
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* SitcomArchnemesis: Gower to Chaucer.
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* SitcomArchnemesis: Gower to Chaucer. Even results in a [[FlameWar Flayme Werre]] between the two in an early post.
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* ViewersAreGeniuses: The blog is written entirely in Middle English (except for Lowys's occasional contributions and the speech of a few other minor characters such as [[VeronicaMars Griselda Mars, Girl Detective]]), albeit with quite a few neologisms as required for the blog's degree of anachronism.
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* ViewersAreGeniuses: The blog is written entirely in Middle English (except for Lowys's occasional contributions and the speech of a few other minor characters such as [[VeronicaMars [[Series/VeronicaMars Griselda Mars, Girl Detective]]), albeit with quite a few neologisms as required for the blog's degree of anachronism.
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''[[http://houseoffame.blogspot.com Geoffrey Chaucer Hath A Blog]]'' is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: a blog purporting to be written by Creator/GeoffreyChaucer. Beginning as a one-off joke, it eventually developed a measure of continuity as well as a small but devoted following.
Its true author, long pseudonymous, eventually revealed himself as Brantley Bryant, a professor of English at Sonoma State University.
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!!Tropes featured include:
* AnachronismStew: Inherent in the very concept; the blog remains rather vague about exactly how Chaucer is posting on the internet. It's also a common source of jokes; e.g., from almost the beginning, Chaucer complains about his son Lowys's "[[{{Xbox 360}} Exboxe CCCLX]]".
* CoolOldGuy: John of Gaunt, if one accepts Lowys as being Geoffrey's son who was born around 1380, and Chaucer gave him the astrolabe book when he was ten. John, born in 1340 and pushing fifty by that time, gave Lowys the Exboxe CCCLX for his birthday (which sadly meant Geoffrey's book went neglected).
* LeFilmArtistique: Referenced in the parliament saga; one of the king's talking points about the coming French invasion is "The Frensshe shal turne alle of our filmes in to non-linear meditaciouns on lyf and deeth both insouciant and weightie."
* {{Homage}}: Very common. The first post to get much internet attention was a ''BrokebackMountain'' homage (involving Chaucer and the author of SirGawainAndTheGreenKnight), and more followed.
* OurProductSucks: The book begins with a poem by "Gower" titled "Why Ye Sholde Nat Rede This Booke".
* PresentDayPast: Parodied. In Chaucer's first outline of ''Literature/TheCanterburyTales'', he claims that "The Knight's Tale" will be "a trewe tale that captureth the reale and authentic historicale feele of the culture and societee of Ancient Greece wythout eny imposicioun of ower current cultural standards," including "ancient Greek courtlie love, ancient Greek tournamentz, and ancient Greek [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boethius Boethian]] meditaciouns on the universe."
* {{Pirate}}: Chaucer gets captured by the [[Film/ThePrincessBride Dread Pirate Robertson]], and spends a while being a pirate accountant.
* SitcomArchnemesis: Gower to Chaucer.
* TotallyRadical: At one point, the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lords_Appellant Lords Appellant]] take over the blog and rebrand it as ''Geoffrey Chaucer Hath an Extreme Blog! Go England! It Is Rad!"
* ViewersAreGeniuses: The blog is written entirely in Middle English (except for Lowys's occasional contributions and the speech of a few other minor characters such as [[VeronicaMars Griselda Mars, Girl Detective]]), albeit with quite a few neologisms as required for the blog's degree of anachronism.
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Its true author, long pseudonymous, eventually revealed himself as Brantley Bryant, a professor of English at Sonoma State University.
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!!Tropes featured include:
* AnachronismStew: Inherent in the very concept; the blog remains rather vague about exactly how Chaucer is posting on the internet. It's also a common source of jokes; e.g., from almost the beginning, Chaucer complains about his son Lowys's "[[{{Xbox 360}} Exboxe CCCLX]]".
* CoolOldGuy: John of Gaunt, if one accepts Lowys as being Geoffrey's son who was born around 1380, and Chaucer gave him the astrolabe book when he was ten. John, born in 1340 and pushing fifty by that time, gave Lowys the Exboxe CCCLX for his birthday (which sadly meant Geoffrey's book went neglected).
* LeFilmArtistique: Referenced in the parliament saga; one of the king's talking points about the coming French invasion is "The Frensshe shal turne alle of our filmes in to non-linear meditaciouns on lyf and deeth both insouciant and weightie."
* {{Homage}}: Very common. The first post to get much internet attention was a ''BrokebackMountain'' homage (involving Chaucer and the author of SirGawainAndTheGreenKnight), and more followed.
* OurProductSucks: The book begins with a poem by "Gower" titled "Why Ye Sholde Nat Rede This Booke".
* PresentDayPast: Parodied. In Chaucer's first outline of ''Literature/TheCanterburyTales'', he claims that "The Knight's Tale" will be "a trewe tale that captureth the reale and authentic historicale feele of the culture and societee of Ancient Greece wythout eny imposicioun of ower current cultural standards," including "ancient Greek courtlie love, ancient Greek tournamentz, and ancient Greek [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boethius Boethian]] meditaciouns on the universe."
* {{Pirate}}: Chaucer gets captured by the [[Film/ThePrincessBride Dread Pirate Robertson]], and spends a while being a pirate accountant.
* SitcomArchnemesis: Gower to Chaucer.
* TotallyRadical: At one point, the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lords_Appellant Lords Appellant]] take over the blog and rebrand it as ''Geoffrey Chaucer Hath an Extreme Blog! Go England! It Is Rad!"
* ViewersAreGeniuses: The blog is written entirely in Middle English (except for Lowys's occasional contributions and the speech of a few other minor characters such as [[VeronicaMars Griselda Mars, Girl Detective]]), albeit with quite a few neologisms as required for the blog's degree of anachronism.
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