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[Nevernose]

At leat not according to "Lies My Teacher Told Me." According to that book, she left the rather moderate socialist party of the time (which advocated violent revolution and alignment with Russia's Communist Party) in favor of something even more radical.

Ever notice how much the word "according" and "accordian" are alike? The OED has a refernce for "according," but none for "accordian." Coincidence?

A. adj.

1. Agreeing, corresponding to; matching. Obs.

1398 TREVISA Barth. De P.R. (1495) XVII. ii. 595 Some trees haue humour proporcyonall and acordynge eyther to other, so that the humour of that one be acordynge to nourysshe and to fede that other. c1460 Household Stat. in Babees Book (1868) 329 Not oolde robis and not cordyng to the lyuerey. 1480 Robert the Devyll 2 I se well yt ys youre wyll that I shoulde be maryed, But yet woulde I have one to myne estate Accordynge. a1520 Myrroure of Our Ladye 7 For there ys many wordes in Latyn that we haue no propre englyssh accordynge therto. 1532 THYNNE Dedic. Chaucer in Animadv. (1865) 24 Frutefulnesse in wordes wel accordynge to the matter and purpose.