I always did wonder why Sigma Sigma Sigma didn't like the nick Tri-Sig.

It doesn't really bother me, but I find it weird that our Michigan chapters go by "Delt Sig" and not "Delta Sig" as we're nationally nicknamed. At our Las Vegas Conclave, someone made a joke out of it, but don't remember what it was.

BTW, 12dn94st, about what Tom said, this is TOM we're talking about.

OH STAN, ye of little faith!

What is scarry, if you get your butt out of SD and come to Kansas, I am damn sure, well, we would have one hell of a night on the town!!!!!

I have no freinds on the COP Shop in Mo. but do on the KCKs Side! Would call one to come and get us out of Jail!

Well maybe in the future or back to it!:)

On my budget, I can only afford cheap stuff like PBR and triple filtered popov, and I wouldn't buy that for you, and I wouldn't let you buy expensive stuff on account of me.

Here's the Tri-Sig versus Tri-Sigma thread. http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...&threadid=8388

A lot of times the national will try to get a "unified" name used, but it has varying degrees of success (AGD/Alpha Gam, ASA/Alpha Sig, SDT/Sig Delts). It's like naming a baby Elizabeth - one person will call her Liz, another Beth, another Betsy, another Izzy. If the chapter is happy with the nickname, I really don't see what the difference is.

I still want to know what the official reason for outlawing "Tri Sig" is, if there is one . . . I think the thread makes it more complicated, rather than clearing it up. :D The whole "We're not Tri Sigs, we're Sigma Sigma Sigma" thing doesn't really make sense to me, considering the fact that then you would also rule out any other nicknames, including the supposedly acceptable "Tri Sigma" and "Sigmas."

Of course it's the sorority's decision to call themselves whatever they want, but without some sort of significant justification I think they'll always be fighting it -- there are people who are always going to refer to it as "Tri Sig."

I thought that Tri Sig sounded too much like Phi Sig so SSS wanted something unique.

We don't have Sigma Sigma Sigma here (although who knows, we're in the process of expansion and five sororities are coming here for interviews in the next couple of months...but anyway..) so I can't argue for that whole issue, but we do have Sigma Pi who hates to be referred to as Sig Pi. I know that this is a chapter thing though (which could be more than one chapter, mind you), the way they see it is that they only have two letters, you can say them both, lol.

But as 33girl said, it will vary. I know that my sorority has a bunch of different nicknames (none of which bother me too much though).

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I probably should have said. The Random House Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (1966). Webster's Third New International (1961) and The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (Third Edition, 1996) agree that the "h" in "panhellenic" is pronounced.

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According to one dictionary I consulted (The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [Third Edition, 1996]), either is acceptable.

Way to cite your sources MysticCat! Because you haven't proven that you know your stuff or anything.... :rolleyes: ;)

DeltaSigStan - My father is a proud alum from the Delt Sig chapter at Hillsdale College - Hillsdale, MI! It really is only the Michigan chapters? That's pretty weird...

When I was in school everyone called AXO the A Chi O's. My senior year they pushed to get everyone calling them Alpha Chi because they thought there was too much of our nickname in 'A Chi O".

When Tri-Sigma was expanding onto San Francisco State's campus, this was the explanation given to us by their Headquarters' Leadership Consultant.

It made sense to me because we *do* have Phi Sig on our campus...and you can see the ample opportunities for confusing Phi Sig and Tri Sig.

Anyway, if Sigma Sigma Sigma wants to be called Tri Sigma that is their prerogative and I respect that. Who am *I* to tell *them* what they should be referring to themselves as? :)

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This group is at least a small reason for the ixnay on the Tri Sig (ay) ;)