Wow, that's news to me! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif Omega is a long "o" is the Greek language, pronounced like "shoulder." Greek doesn't have a "q"--closest thing to it would be kappa.

We have one of those ancient dictionaries with the alphabets from many lands in it, and I could swear it said Omega = Q! Oh well, maybe I am still feeling the aftereffects of the weekend!! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/tongue.gif

Hi 33! Yeah, sometimes those books aren't the most reliable. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/confused.gif I'm only working off the Greek I learned at home & in Greek school. I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure I'm not. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif

Kappa Sigma Fraternity = KapSig, Kappa Sigs, KS house, sometimes "skull house" if there's no PhiKS house there (we have a skull on our badge, as well), but i think that's sort of a dumb nick.

I'm an Alpha Chi Omega. I've heard some people use "A-Chi-O"...which I DISLIKE GREATLY! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/mad.gif There's already a Chi-O...most people in the know say "Alpha Chi".

33, you're right about the Q thing. When you're in your word processing program, change to Greek Symbols, then type a capital Q and you'll get an omega.

As for nicknames, Delta Phi Epsilon is
D Phi E or Deephers, which I despise.

Shadokat, there are several letters on the American keyboard that aren't equivalent for the Greek letters, they just needed someplace to put them. Don't place any stock in where they are on the kepboard. Greek is a completely different animal than English. For instance, the capital chi is an X, but in Greek its pronounced like an "H" http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif I checked my Greek-American dictionary/grammar book and my suspicions were confirmed: omega is pronounced like the "o" in "row." Hope this clears things up!

Actually, Q = Theta and W = Omega, I imagine just because lowercase omega looks like w, and Q is the closest to Theta since O is omicron and T is Tau.

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Steve Corbin
Lambda Chi Alpha
Theta Kappa Chapter
Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech.

Actually, Q = Theta and W = Omega, I imagine just because lowercase omega looks like w, and Q is the closest to Theta since O is omicron and T is Tau.

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Steve Corbin
Lambda Chi Alpha
Theta Kappa Chapter
Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech.

I'm a Phi Sigma Sigma, and we are known as Phi Sigs....

I'm a Zeta Beta Tau and we're known as ZBT's or Zeebes.

I'm an Alpha Chi Omega at a small school and I initially heard the group refered to as the "Chi's". We tend to go by A-Chi-O's, Chi's, A-X-O's, or Alpha Chi's

Alpha Phi Omega: usually APO, sometimes A Phi O.

I'm an Hermana of Sigma Lambda Upsilon/Señoritas Latinas Unidas Sorority, Inc. We're called Sigma Lambda's or Señoritas.

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Sigma Lambda Upsilon: Sincerity, Loyalty, Unity http://www.sigmalambdaupsilon.org

From my experience, it's oop-silon (DU is the only one i've seen it pronounced yoop)

we're the UKDs
(or uhkuhduhs if we're being silly ;)

-friendly neighborhood Upsilon Kappa Delta