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Re: "The difference between a melodeon and an accordion is..."
« Reply #40 on: November 30, 2012, 05:20:03 PM »

You can go on your own. I'm happy behind the bike sheds....... >:E

Swot......  ;)
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Re: "The difference between a melodeon and an accordion is..."
« Reply #41 on: November 30, 2012, 06:04:27 PM »

the spelling of course! Melodeon is 'eon' and accordion is 'ion'


 .. pas parmis le Francophonie, mon choux! 
    Dont il s'alphabetise <<Accordéon>>
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Re: "The difference between a melodeon and an accordion is..."
« Reply #42 on: November 30, 2012, 06:13:24 PM »


 .. pas parmis le Francophonie, mon choux! 
    Dont il s'alphabetise <<Accordéon>>

Technically I would propose that the é has an accent and should be disqualified mon ami. The only accents I have are spoken and not written...

Google translate reads:

not among the Francophonie, my cabbage!
He is literate << >> Accordion
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Re: "The difference between a melodeon and an accordion is..."
« Reply #43 on: November 30, 2012, 06:51:16 PM »

A melodeon is an accordion with attitude
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Re: "The difference between a melodeon and an accordion is..."
« Reply #44 on: November 30, 2012, 07:10:59 PM »

Turns out melodeon as an anagram of:

Noodle Me
Me Old One
Model One
Ole Demon
Me On Dole

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Re: "The difference between a melodeon and an accordion is..."
« Reply #45 on: November 30, 2012, 07:37:51 PM »

Turns out melodeon as an anagram of:

Noodle Me
Me Old One
Model One
Ole Demon
Me On Dole

Noodle Me - seems to turn up in every teaching workshop I go to  >:E

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Re: "The difference between a melodeon and an accordion is..."
« Reply #46 on: November 30, 2012, 07:59:56 PM »

'Noodlecord' i like that, because its a known pastime noodling on the piano,

 A Noodlecord is what i play, constantly swaying away from the actual tune.  8) 8) 8)
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Re: "The difference between a melodeon and an accordion is..."
« Reply #47 on: November 30, 2012, 08:01:14 PM »



MELODEON ACCORDION
How about a compromise that everyone is happy with, such as:

Melocord
Accordlem
Noodlecord
Rideonmel
Rideonlemonl


Cordodeon
Lemoncord
Dincord




Take your pick :||:

Now that WAS quick
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Re: "The difference between a melodeon and an accordion is..."
« Reply #48 on: November 30, 2012, 08:14:14 PM »

ACCORDIONS BURN LONGER! >:E
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Re: "The difference between a melodeon and an accordion is..."
« Reply #49 on: November 30, 2012, 08:21:02 PM »

'According' to my missus melodeons are more melodic and have a nice sweet tone. I'm sticking with that observation cos I'm hoping to add to my collection soon  :D
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Re: "The difference between a melodeon and an accordion is..."
« Reply #50 on: November 30, 2012, 09:50:10 PM »

'According' to my missus melodeons are more melodic and have a nice sweet tone. I'm sticking with that observation cos I'm hoping to add to my collection soon  :D

Get a c/f  :D
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Re: "The difference between a melodeon and an accordion is..."
« Reply #51 on: November 30, 2012, 10:01:39 PM »

I'm on the look out for a nice French box, a Melodeon of course!  :-\
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Re: "The difference between a melodeon and an accordion is..."
« Reply #52 on: November 30, 2012, 10:41:52 PM »

Oignon e on e on.........

Do you mean a box with hairy armpits and an attitude?   ;)
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Re: "The difference between a melodeon and an accordion is..."
« Reply #53 on: November 30, 2012, 10:46:01 PM »

Get a G/C!! (I believe there's a lovely one for sale on the Buy and Sell board). Bob
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Re: "The difference between a melodeon and an accordion is..."
« Reply #54 on: November 30, 2012, 11:43:10 PM »

Having been on the Cajun/Zydeco scene for eons, I always call my melodeon an accordion even when among the English music posse.

But when I'm selling accordions I call them melodeons.

I am Wesson Accordions at melodeons.com - I'm also a gemini/ cancer cusp which may explain something or other.

Beats me!  :Ph
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Re: "The difference between a melodeon and an accordion is..."
« Reply #55 on: December 01, 2012, 07:34:13 AM »

A melodeon is an accordion with attitude

I really like that .. so many layers of meaning ... for such a short sentence!
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Re: "The difference between a melodeon and an accordion is..."
« Reply #56 on: December 01, 2012, 08:01:49 AM »

Slightly related:

Years ago I was in a campground with one of those seven-button Chinese toys. Someone saw me playing it, and complemented me on how well I played the bandonion.

Someone else made the same mistake a couple of years later, but he pronounced it, "band onion."

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Re: "The difference between a melodeon and an accordion is..."
« Reply #57 on: December 02, 2012, 01:08:25 PM »

Years ago when I was a radio engineer, someone said "you're an electrician, can you come and see my fridge" the answer of course was no because there is no similarity but I'll look . Another person asks " how many Volts are there in an Watt" again the answer, well, how many sheep in a cow. The reason for all this is that the Accordion is a piano and the other is a little bugger with loads of intriguing buttons.
 Coat time Pikey?
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Re: "The difference between a melodeon and an accordion is..."
« Reply #58 on: December 02, 2012, 01:11:17 PM »

" again the answer, well, how many sheep in a cow.

Answer - none, Sheep can`t climb stepladders

here in Wales, it`s how many farmers in the sheep  ;D . Sorry couldn`t resist .
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Re: "The difference between a melodeon and an accordion is..."
« Reply #59 on: December 02, 2012, 02:43:18 PM »

I must have gone to an up-market school.  One of the lads learnt how to make fulminate of mercury and painted it onto everything the teacher was likely to push/pull/drag - quite funny until he painted the doorframe and blew it clean out of the wall!  Easy to clean the brush out - just drop it out of the window...

Funny, no-one seems to emulate the Jimi Hendrix trick of pouring lighter fuel over their box as a finale!  Well, not their own box anyway.

Rob.
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