Name my friend's accordion

April 5, 2010 4:00 PM

Make my friend laugh: suggest a name for her new accordion.

My friend has just bought her first accordion, and it needs a name. While I rack my brain, what would you suggest she name it, interweb?

posted by Clambone to Media & Arts (49 answers total)

Akbar.
posted by anniecat at 4:04 PM on April 5, 2010

Wheezy.
posted by prinado at 4:04 PM on April 5, 2010 [2 favorites]

Squeezy McSqueezerson
posted by spikeleemajortomdickandharryconnickjrmints at 4:05 PM on April 5, 2010

Gordon.
posted by blue funk at 4:06 PM on April 5, 2010

Louisy (though Akbar is way cooler)
posted by IndigoJones at 4:06 PM on April 5, 2010

Alistair
Charlotte
Mortimer
Phineas Danforth IV
posted by rebekah at 4:07 PM on April 5, 2010

Slight mod on spike...mints' suggestion: Reedy McSqueezerson
posted by Greg_Ace at 4:10 PM on April 5, 2010

Death bellows
posted by a womble is an active kind of sloth at 4:14 PM on April 5, 2010 [1 favorite]

Camp David
posted by advicepig at 4:14 PM on April 5, 2010 [4 favorites]

Jemima.
posted by blue funk at 4:16 PM on April 5, 2010

What brand, model, etc? What color? What kind of music will she be playing?
posted by theora55 at 4:16 PM on April 5, 2010

Wilhelmina!
posted by fairytale of los angeles at 4:17 PM on April 5, 2010

Best answer: Jane Air

Box Thing Helena

Wheeza May Alcott
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 4:20 PM on April 5, 2010

The Ambassador.
The Surfeit of Apathy.
The Litmus Box.
Victor.
posted by lucidium at 4:20 PM on April 5, 2010

Lamprey.
Oswald.
Seamus.
Jitney.
Zygus.
posted by anniecat at 4:25 PM on April 5, 2010

Judy Tenuta
posted by ImproviseOrDie at 4:27 PM on April 5, 2010 [2 favorites]

Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 4:28 PM on April 5, 2010

Miss Holloway
posted by Mick at 4:30 PM on April 5, 2010

Mona Squeeza
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 4:32 PM on April 5, 2010

Billy B. Bellows
posted by mcarlson85 at 4:33 PM on April 5, 2010

Where was it made? Is it Italian? If so, definitely something like Anotolio, Giuseppe, or Enzo. If it's German, give it a German name. Like Hans. Or Dedrich. Etc, etc.

And for some reason I'm thinking Cecil is a good accordion name.
posted by unassuminglocalgirl at 4:34 PM on April 5, 2010

"Celine", as in "Celine 'dion".
sorry.
posted by _dario at 4:35 PM on April 5, 2010 [2 favorites]

lil wheezy
posted by phrontist at 4:45 PM on April 5, 2010 [1 favorite]

Roy.

She can call it her Accordi-Roy. Get it? Corduroy?
posted by 2oh1 at 5:04 PM on April 5, 2010

Boris
Farnsworth
Hey-At-Least-It-Ain't-Bagpipes
Oliver Reed (get it? All-of-her reeds?)
posted by Multicellular Exothermic at 5:28 PM on April 5, 2010

Charmin.
posted by ctmf at 5:51 PM on April 5, 2010

She will call him George.
posted by flabdablet at 6:03 PM on April 5, 2010

Honda
posted by zippy at 6:17 PM on April 5, 2010

Kevin.
posted by davejay at 6:21 PM on April 5, 2010

Best answer: No love for Gordon? Gordon the Accordion?
_{Tough crowd.}
posted by blue funk at 6:28 PM on April 5, 2010 [1 favorite]

Lady of Pain?
posted by Multicellular Exothermic at 7:29 PM on April 5, 2010

GasMaster 5000
posted by noonknight at 7:52 PM on April 5, 2010

Actually, I think Clambone is a perfect name for an accordion. what's the deal with your nickname, anyway?
posted by Quietgal at 8:27 PM on April 5, 2010

(Man, I am totally stealing Jane Air if none of you claim it first.)
posted by mykescipark at 8:46 PM on April 5, 2010

'Ccordion kNot?
posted by Earl the Polliwog at 9:49 PM on April 5, 2010

Response by poster: Clambone was the name of a legendary blues musician in Neal Pollack's satirical rock and roll novel Never Mind the Pollacks. I liked the sound of it.
posted by Clambone at 9:50 PM on April 5, 2010

Starvation Box

Myron Floren's Instrument of Torture

Red Hot Polka

My-Parents-Went-To-Hamtramck-And-All-They-Got-Me-Was-This-Stupid-Accordion

The World Accordion To (friend's name here)

Julius Squeezer
posted by motown missile at 11:34 PM on April 5, 2010 [1 favorite]

sideshow squisho
posted by Namlit at 11:54 PM on April 5, 2010

Continuing Secret Life of Gravy's famous women in literature theme:

Madame Bellowry
Wheezy Buchanan
Anna Kordonia
Squeezett O'Hara
posted by platinum at 1:06 AM on April 6, 2010

Oh wait, Squeezett O'Aira!
posted by platinum at 1:07 AM on April 6, 2010

No love for The Who's famous song "(Mama's Got a) Squeeze Box"?
posted by Asparagirl at 1:14 AM on April 6, 2010

Hee Haw.
It sounds like what I think an accordian sounds like and it also somehow sounds like an affectionate nickname for an old sweet grandfather.
posted by like_neon at 3:25 AM on April 6, 2010

Glorious Revolutionary Accordion of the People, or Grap for short, which is the kind of sound an accordion makes. It can also be called Gloria.
posted by Kattullus at 6:56 AM on April 6, 2010

Response by poster: FYI, I sent this link to my friend, and she said "I am laughing so hard I am crying!! I love that website!! BTW - it is Italian and a "ladies" model.

I think my favorite is "Death bellows" :) (at least until I learn to play it)"

Good job, Metafilter!
posted by Clambone at 7:49 AM on April 6, 2010

Well, if it's italian and a ladies model (do they make those? I'm more into electric guitars, admittedly), this italian here suggests "La Signora Fisarmonica" ("Fisarmonica" is italian for accordion)
posted by _dario at 8:23 AM on April 6, 2010

If you're familiar with the Asterix and Obelix cartoon books, you could name it Cacophonix.

Or something like Agamemnon the Destroyer.
posted by specialnobodie at 1:06 PM on April 6, 2010 [1 favorite]

OH! MNY! GOD! motown missile is a genius! Julius Squeezer indeed!!!!
posted by 2oh1 at 3:10 PM on April 6, 2010

Amelia Airharp

Squeezia Loren

Isabella Squeezellini

Monica Bellow-cci
posted by Multicellular Exothermic at 5:51 PM on April 6, 2010

Xolo
posted by aMeta4 at 1:30 PM on April 7, 2010