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Chris -- 2018-04-11
“Accordion” and “chord” are in fact related if you go back far enough, but their histories have been very different in English – the former is a 19th C Italian borrowing, while the latter goes back to the 12th C and Old French (with a classicizing gussying-up in the 16th C accounting for the Greek-influenced spelling we now have).
Like other keyboard instruments, the accordion is capable of playing chords, and that fact may be influencing this spelling. “Acchordion,” “achordion,” and “acchordeon” all occur, but “accordeon” seems to be the one most used by people who know something about both music and spelling. Examples:
In the introduction we can hear an achordeon and after that the beats come in, creating a very military feel to all the song.
http://www.dealtime.com/xPR-The_Eminem_ … 0584412804
Some love it, others tolerate it, but noone I have met outright hates it. There are some beautiful piano pieces, achordeon and orchestral pieces in there.
http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24563215/p … 2105570944
The song is quite original, with the achordeon always sounding.
http://www.garageband.com/song/reviews. … aSkZVe0Z2w
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