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09 Dec 04 - 07:25 AM (#1351845) Subject: Learn to spell ACCORDION From: Skipjack K8 Well, I ask you! We've got accordion, accordian, accordien, accordeon, accordean and I won't even start on the akkordeon family. jOhn tells me that Murray Macleod made reference to this subject previously, so perhaps we should appoint him course tutor? |
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09 Dec 04 - 07:26 AM (#1351846) Subject: RE: Learn to spell ACCORDION From: mooman A-a-a-a-a-aerophone! Have I got it right? Richard |
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09 Dec 04 - 07:28 AM (#1351847) Subject: RE: Learn to spell ACCORDION From: GUEST,rat Celine-Dion is the french spelling |
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09 Dec 04 - 07:29 AM (#1351848) Subject: RE: Learn to spell ACCORDION From: Splott Man Well, it's all according... |
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09 Dec 04 - 07:30 AM (#1351850) Subject: RE: Learn to spell ACCORDION From: GUEST,greg stephens Also "cairdin" in Irish I believe, with some kind of accent-thingy somewhere. |
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09 Dec 04 - 07:34 AM (#1351852) Subject: RE: Learn to spell ACCORDION From: Skipjack K8 Oh, yeah, credit where it's due. This wasn't original thought, as it came from Oaklet, who is currently draining the Trussocks. |
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09 Dec 04 - 07:40 AM (#1351858) Subject: RE: Learn to spell ACCORDION From: mooman As long as he isn't caught by them... |
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09 Dec 04 - 08:17 AM (#1351890) Subject: RE: Learn to spell ACCORDION From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull hullo, this is music site, not accordian site. |
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09 Dec 04 - 10:02 AM (#1351965) Subject: RE: Learn to spell ACCORDION From: Marje I think what clouds the issue is that the other one is spelt "melodeon" (not normally "melodion"). No wonder people get confused. Marje |
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09 Dec 04 - 10:11 AM (#1351972) Subject: RE: Learn to spell ACCORDION From: Sttaw Legend Q: What is the definition of an optimist? A: An accordion player with a pager. |
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09 Dec 04 - 10:11 AM (#1351973) Subject: RE: Learn to spell ACCORDION From: mooman M-m-m-m-m-malodoran? Peace moo |
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09 Dec 04 - 10:12 AM (#1351975) Subject: RE: Learn to spell ACCORDION From: Ellenpoly I'll learn to spell it if I go to hell and am forced to play it. ;-D |
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09 Dec 04 - 10:28 AM (#1351990) Subject: RE: Learn to spell ACCORDION From: Jeri jOhn, now THAT was really funny! Skipjack is wrong, of course, but then he plays a thingie. I just read a book on this, so I know what I'm talking about. The ancient Celts brought the instrument from a remote location in Siberia, a place called Akordja (in Cyrillic). They were given a choice by the previous inhabitants to either go away or learn how to play a proper instrument, so they migrated to Estonia. They settled in the bayous of the Pamu river delta, far away from civilization (or at least out of earshot) and were known as 'Kordjans'. Their instruments were 240 bass, but of course there weren't any chords. (Everything was black and white back then, and chords didn't exist yet either.) The bellows were originally made from yak bladders, the keys made from yak bones, and the instruments weighed so much that they had to be moved by cart, so they were difficult to bring to local sessions. This probably accounts for why the instrument survived until this day. In any event, they called their instruments 'akordjan', but it was - and still is - spelt in Cyrillic. |
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09 Dec 04 - 11:01 AM (#1352018) Subject: RE: Learn to spell ACCORDION From: GUEST,greg stephens I have thought that some of Sir JOhn's posts in recent months have displayed a slight lasssitude, a tiredness of spirit. The youthful edge perhaps slightly blunted, a world-weariness descending and pinning down a spitit trying hard to fly as energies dissolve away. And then, suddenly, the post about accordions above: the genius is back! Sir JOhn's himself again! I feel rejuvenated, alive again. A classic. JOhn, I salute the undisputed master. |
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09 Dec 04 - 11:08 AM (#1352022) Subject: RE: Learn to spell ACCORDION From: Cluin Spell it "squeezebox" and avoid the confusion. |
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09 Dec 04 - 11:08 AM (#1352023) Subject: RE: Learn to spell ACCORDION From: GUEST Well said joHn this should be in BS. |
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09 Dec 04 - 12:06 PM (#1352068) Subject: RE: Learn to spell ACCORDION From: Uncle_DaveO When I was a boy, it was "the ay-cor-deen"! Dave Oesterreich |
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09 Dec 04 - 12:41 PM (#1352104) Subject: RE: Learn to spell ACCORDION From: Bee-dubya-ell It's really quite simple. Just remember that when you look at the word "accordion" backwards, the first thing you see is: |
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09 Dec 04 - 02:48 PM (#1352210) Subject: RE: Learn to spell ACCORDION From: Tradsinger You could call it by its original German name - nipeltrapper. Gwilym |
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09 Dec 04 - 08:20 PM (#1352471) Subject: RE: Learn to spell ACCORDION From: Jim Dixon Don't get me started! A cappella, not acapella, acapello, etc. Bodhrán, not bodrhon, bodrahn, etc. Chantey, not chanty, shanty (that's a different word), or shantey (I know some will dispute this. Bring 'em on!) Chanteys, not chanties, shanties, etc. Copyright, not copywright or copywrite Copyrighted, not copywrighted or copywritten Dulcimer, not dulcimor or dulcimore Hammered dulcimer, not hammer dulcimer Lullaby, not lullabye or lullabie Lullabies, not lullabys or lullabyes Repertoire, not repetoire, repertoir, or repetoir Vinyl, not vynil or vynal. Vocal cords, not vocal chords And I wish you Brits would stop writing cos for 'cause! Dropping the "be" from "because" doesn't justify changing the spelling of the remaining syllable! |
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09 Dec 04 - 09:11 PM (#1352501) Subject: RE: Learn to spell ACCORDION From: Dead Horse Over here it is SHANTY mate! Alluminium swords at ten paces! |
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09 Dec 04 - 09:14 PM (#1352504) Subject: RE: Learn to spell ACCORDION From: Peace And it's FULMINATE, not FULMINAT. |
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09 Dec 04 - 11:42 PM (#1352598) Subject: RE: Learn to spell ACCORDION From: open mike CUZ |
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09 Dec 04 - 11:55 PM (#1352601) Subject: RE: Learn to spell ACCORDION From: Seamus Kennedy I expect CarolC will be leaping in any moment to give the definitive spelling, and to defend the instrument's honour - or honor. I spell it "titnipper." Seamus |
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10 Dec 04 - 12:15 AM (#1352606) Subject: RE: Learn to spell ACCORDION From: Miken Ah, Seamus, I don't think it's nipped Carol C too badly, and I am on her side, having become enamored of a small button accordion, myself: although a guitar picker for over forty years! |
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10 Dec 04 - 03:33 AM (#1352679) Subject: RE: Learn to spell ACCORDION From: Manitas_at_home Definitely "shanty" and that's according to Stan Hugill. If you don't agree with him there's no hope! There is a theory that the word has the same origin as shanty ie. sean tigh or old hut. In the West Indies huts built on stilts were often just picked up and moved to other locations and work songs were sung while doing it! |
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10 Dec 04 - 04:33 AM (#1352707) Subject: RE: Learn to spell ACCORDION From: MR I like the phrase 'In accordia ego' - top prizes for providing the two literary references that are the source of my amusement. |
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10 Dec 04 - 04:57 AM (#1352724) Subject: RE: Learn to spell ACCORDION From: Mark Cohen People Magazine and the Wormrunner's Digest. (Just a guess.) Aloha, Mark |
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10 Dec 04 - 04:58 AM (#1352725) Subject: RE: Learn to spell ACCORDION From: Skipjack K8 Hmmm, I have 19,800 (approximately) references for 'In arcadia ego', Mikey, but zippo for your muse. |
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10 Dec 04 - 05:21 AM (#1352734) Subject: RE: Learn to spell ACCORDION From: Jim Dixon "Et in Arcadia Ego"? Virgil? Auden? Poussin for extra credit? |
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10 Dec 04 - 06:36 AM (#1352798) Subject: RE: Learn to spell ACCORDION From: Bernard Porage... Porridge... Nowt to do with anything, really, but at least it's off my chest... which is more than can be said for my accordion...! I used to play sitting down, but I realised that my voice was adversely affected... so one could always call the thing a 'nutcracker'...! |
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10 Dec 04 - 06:48 AM (#1352810) Subject: RE: Learn to spell ACCORDION From: The Fooles Troupe Technique: Piano Accordion for The Recycled Muso |
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10 Dec 04 - 07:39 AM (#1352840) Subject: RE: Learn to spell ACCORDION From: Maija Quetschkommode :p |
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10 Dec 04 - 02:24 PM (#1353282) Subject: RE: Learn to spell ACCORDION From: Les from Hull Well I prefer the phrase 'Stomach Steinway' which avoids it being confused with the melodeon (a much superior instrument). |
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10 Dec 04 - 02:39 PM (#1353298) Subject: RE: Learn to spell ACCORDION From: DADGBE Its a gut ting dat youse guys got duh speling korekt. Us ejukated typ guys rekuir dat. But you all just blowing hot air about the origins. The instrument was developed in Germany as a weapon of mass distruction and used with great effect in the the first World War. Right after the end of that conflict, German secret agents Lawrence Welk and Myron Florin brought the instrument to the US in an attempt to destroy the culure. They succeeded. |
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11 Dec 04 - 06:41 AM (#1353851) Subject: RE: Learn to spell ACCORDION From: Eric the Viking Knacker catcher, nut cracker. I've seen you playing with yourself !! He's even had to have part of his anatomy removed by an expert because of the inflation he suffered whilst pumping his bellows. If you have never seen him, watch out for a bloke with a sympathy hump stuffed under his coat trying to get on a plane!! Remember a Gitar is played by gits and an ACCORDION is played by a gentleman (Some hope!) |
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11 Dec 04 - 07:58 AM (#1353881) Subject: RE: Learn to spell ACCORDION From: The Fooles Troupe It's NOT a 'Steinway' - it may have a piano keyboard, but it's not played like a piano at all - it's a portable organ! If a Guitar is played by Gits, then an Accordion is played by one who is in Accord with the Music.... |