Mylo Xyloto Meaning

[coldplaymom]

Chris has explained the meaning of Xyloto (feeling music in your toes) but he never talks about the Mylo part. I was just helping my 7th grader with an Ancient Greek homework last night and found out the meaning of Mylo though pronounced meeloh in Greek. I have a hard time believing that Chris chose Mylo not knowing that it actually means Apple in Greek. So Mylo Xyloto means Apple's Musical Toes?

[Phoebeo]

That sounds pretty odd..

[coldplaymom]

But doesn't the whole title Mylo Xyloto sound odd? What I know for certain is that a Greek woman, living in Greek as I type, not knowing why I was asking her this question, tells me Mylo means Apple.

[chommy_16]

I think that "feeling music in your toes" was a joke :uhoh2:

[rafaelchampion]

I don't see why Coldplay would create one word and use another one Greek... I think they, just like most of us, don't know Mylo is a Greek word...

[Coeurli]

I think that "feeling music in your toes" was a joke :uhoh2:

:nod:

It has probably more to do with the use of xylophones.

And also, the Mylo part....a coincidence maybe ? (a cute coincidence though :wacky: ) Is he the one who came up with that idea in first anyway ? Do we know that ?

[Tash]

Apple in Greek is μήλο. In normal alphabet that is milo, not mylo.

[Blue Nails]

:lol:

 

Tash you're so smart! :dazzled:

[Tash]

I just know how to use Google :)

[Blue Nails]

I just know how to use Google :)

 

Ssh don't tell anyone!

[ilovechriss]

I just know how to use Google :)

 

:lol:

[coldplaymom]

Apple in Greek is μήλο. In normal alphabet that is milo, not mylo.

 

I choose to believe the Greek woman over google. :)

[Tash]

I think I'll stick with Google and dictionaries :)

[coldplaymom]

Well to each their own then :) Plus it's completely acceptable to modify a word for artistic purpose. I know in French for example a poet will use a feminine word in lieu of a masculine one to protect the rhyme.