they are expensive. i got two of them, and they cost me a pretty penny. i gotta get my little brother one because he's in the bond now.

it's a secret

man, you need to get that ish and be out as hell.

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I did mean the colors that the letters are in (sorry if that wasn't clear). Like you said - the colors are as important as the letters.

To sum up: in NPHC, wearing another group's colors - in letters or in general attire - is looked upon the same as wearing another group's letters would be in NPC or IFC. Agreed?

I'm with Buttonz on this one

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no, and like i said, the fact that it's a frat and a sorority with the same colors has nothing to do with it. in the NPHC, wearing your letters in anything EXCEPT your colors is a BIG NO NO. if i saw a bruh that had letters in anything except brown and gold, that's a situation.

AMEN!

We're the same (at least when I was active, and I think we still are). A few of my sisters were so excited to buy me my first item with our crest once I was initiated. Yes, it was a shot glass............ And yes, I still have it.

You can't ignore mods, so you're stuck with me too. ;)

Quite frankly, it doesn't matter to me what other orgs do as long as they don't mind what we do. Our umbrella councils are very different, and that's not necessarily a bad thing. While I certainly think the way that AKA or SGRho operates is a little odd, I know that the sisters of those sororities feel the same way about what Gamma Phi or Tri Delt does. It happens.

I just wish SOME PEOPLE would learn to behave and be a little bit more respectful.

I don't know about the whole argument here. I mean, what are we arguing about?

Who cares if someone else does something differently?

If it hurts them, who suffers for their actions? They do. Should we bother them about it? Nope.

I think it's perfectly valid here to say what your organization does.

I think it's overstepping to tell them that they are wrong for what they are doing.

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NPHC organizations (and many other BGLOs, LGLOs, and MCGLOs) have rules/protocol on how paraphernalia may be worn, including what color the letters may be. Each set of rules may have variations.

I personally will not comment on whether another organization's colors are equal in value to their letters. I CANNOT speak for ANY other organization on the NPHC, and I hope that none try to generalize on my behalf. We are all different organizations.

I have not seen sitched letter shirts in any colors other than the official colors of that organization. However, I will enumerate some things I have seen among NPHC organizations:

Letters on one of the two official colors.
Letters on white, black, gray, khaki, and denim.
Letters bordered in a color not normally associated with the organization, but not exactly clashing with the colors. I think this is called an "anchor" color.
Letters made from a fabric that is in the colors of the organization. (For example, black and gold plaid.)
Chapter letters (on the sleeve) in a color other than one of the two official colors.
Paraphernalia in the "official substitute" colors.

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Finally.....I am a grown man and will wear whatever colors I look good in....and that's ALL OF EM! lol But when it comes to Alpha paraphernalia, tradition dictates that my letters are in black and gold, and the fabric must be black and gold or some other neutral color.

I understood what you meant which is why I said

Me too. Got them for convention last year.

I'm glad we can get letters in many different colors. Brown is not exactly my favorite color.........

My letters mean a lot to me. But they mean the same, no matter what color they are in.