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?

That sounds pretty odd..

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.

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

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...

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 ?

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

:lol:

 

Tash you're so smart! :dazzled:

I just know how to use Google :)

I just know how to use Google :)

 

Ssh don't tell anyone!

I just know how to use Google :)

 

:lol:

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

 

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

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

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.