accordion or accordian?

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Author Message anon (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted on Wednesday, January 30, 2013 - 01:05 pm:    can anyone explain why MasterFormat, MasterSpec, and 4specs all spell accordion 'accordian' for Div 10 spec section "Accordian Folding Partitions?" is this an alternate spelling? something specific to doors? i cannot find this spelling anywhere else... Lynn Javoroski FCSI CCS LEEDŽ AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 1607 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Wednesday, January 30, 2013 - 02:08 pm:    That's only in the file name. In the title and in the body, it's "accordion" - at least in my copy. Wayne Yancey Senior Member Username: wayne_yancey Post Number: 565 Registered: 01-2008 Posted on Wednesday, January 30, 2013 - 02:16 pm:    Anon, Spelling is irrelavent as long as the spelling is consistently one way throughout. Same could be asked of gage or gauge. Either way the intent is clear by the context of the subject matter. I don't think anyone will bid a belly organ for the folding partitions. Or, you could rename the section name to BELLY ORGAN FOLDING PARTITIONS. ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 422 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Wednesday, January 30, 2013 - 02:38 pm:    Give me two! Richard L Matteo, AIA, CSI, CCS Senior Member Username: rlmat Post Number: 561 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Wednesday, January 30, 2013 - 02:47 pm:    Gee - and it's only Wednesday! I can't wait until Friday! Robert E. Woodburn Senior Member Username: bob_woodburn Post Number: 30 Registered: 11-2010 Posted on Wednesday, January 30, 2013 - 03:04 pm:    Google "accordian" (spelled thus); it will turn up a definition I hadn't yet heard: "what happens to your honda accord when you run into a brick wall and then are rear ended by another vehicle." Robert E. Woodburn Senior Member Username: bob_woodburn Post Number: 31 Registered: 11-2010 Posted on Wednesday, January 30, 2013 - 03:09 pm:    Sorry; don't click on the Urban Definitions link, just read the definition on the Google screen. (I clicked on it after posting this; apologies...) Eric Anest (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted on Tuesday, February 05, 2013 - 04:34 pm:    Lynn is right. Section 102233 in MasterSpec currently spells it "accordion" and has since at least 2008. But curiously, our Table of Contents incorrectly spells it "accordian." I'll make sure this is corrected for our next release. I'm ARCOM's Editorial Director, so if you ever notice anything like this in the future, feel free to email me at eanest at arcomnet dot com. Louis Medcalf, FCSI, CCS Senior Member Username: louis_medcalf Post Number: 10 Registered: 11-2010 Posted on Monday, February 18, 2013 - 04:35 pm:    If you're a musician and while driving late at night you see a banjo in one lane and an accordion in the other, which do you run over? The accordion--always business before pleasure. [Actually, I own 3 banjos myself but no accordions!] John Regener, AIA, CCS, CCCA, CSI, SCIP Senior Member Username: john_regener Post Number: 609 Registered: 04-2002 Posted on Monday, February 18, 2013 - 08:43 pm:    Maybe it would be more correct technically to use the term "pantograph" instead of "accordian"/"accordion".