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jennyj87 12-29-2008 08:43 PM

Tri Delta VS Tri-Delt
 
At my chapter we were always told that the proper "nickname" was Tri Delta, no Tri-Delta, no Tri-Delt. I would always aruge with my friend who goes to FSU cause he would call me a Delt or a Tri-Delt.

Then I was looking at this.

http://greeklife.fsu.edu/tomahawk/20...20Tomahawk.pdf



if you scroll down to the Delta Delta Delta one, they say Tri-Delt.

So which is it?

TriDPrincess 12-30-2008 01:41 AM

In my chapter we always said Tri-Delta. However, one of my sisters visited our Dartmouth chapter and told us they say Tri-Delt. I wonder if Nationals has ever come up with an official position on this.

Football Fan 12-30-2008 12:30 PM

On the national website Tri Delta is always used. However, nicknames which are slightly different can be seen across the country.http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...inkpansies.jpg

Benzgirl 12-30-2008 05:28 PM

/pardon the crash

I think this is a campus thing, like Alpha Xi and Fuzzie. When I was in school, everyone called the Ohio chapters Tri Delt. I now always hear Tri Delta in the same chapters that used a different nickname 20 years ago.

NutBrnHair 12-31-2008 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by TriDPrincess (Post 1759495)
In my chapter we always said Tri-Delta. However, one of my sisters visited our Dartmouth chapter and told us they say Tri-Delt. I wonder if Nationals has ever come up with an official position on this.

I think they prefer "Tri Delta" and probably prefer "National" to Nationals. ;)

Unregistered- 12-31-2008 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by NutBrnHair (Post 1759878)
I think they prefer "Tri Delta" and probably prefer "National" to Nationals. ;)

My Tri Delta BFF also once said that there is no "-" in Tri Delta. ;)

tri deezy 12-31-2008 08:17 PM

A few years ago, our national pres, Sarah Coons Lindsay wrote an article about it for President's Message in the Trident. She said that the official stand on it is that it's "Tri Delta." This was probably 2004 or 2005.

richi 01-01-2009 03:45 PM

Tri Delt is considered slang in my chapter we also dont use the word Delt because that is the Delta Tau Delta nickname. Tri Delta is the correct nickname and yes there is no "-" also we may use Deltas but only in our house because we dont want to offend the wonderful ladies of Delta Sigma Theta who are nationally known as Deltas.

CutiePie2000 01-02-2009 04:21 AM

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Originally Posted by NutBrnHair (Post 1759878)
I think they prefer "Tri Delta" and probably prefer "National" to Nationals. ;)

Tri Delta would be "International", as they have 2 collegiate chapters in the land of the maple leaf, Canada: U of Toronto and U of Ottawa.

Jimmy Choo 01-02-2009 06:19 AM

I would have always thought we took a position similar to that of Tri Sigma and it sounds like we do.

knight_shadow 01-02-2009 06:55 AM

The girls at my school said they prefer "Tri Delta" because it's "Delta Delta Delta" and not "Delt Delt Delt"

TriDPrincess 01-02-2009 08:04 AM

Corrections on my post
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by NutBrnHair (Post 1759878)
I think they prefer "Tri Delta" and probably prefer "National" to Nationals. ;)

Quote:

Originally Posted by OTW (Post 1759900)
My Tri Delta BFF also once said that there is no "-" in Tri Delta. ;)

Thank you for informing me ladies! I'll be sure to tell all my sisters that they taught me incorrectly and have been using/writing these terms incorrectly for all these years.

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Originally Posted by CutiePie2000 (Post 1760370)
Tri Delta would be "International", as they have 2 collegiate chapters in the land of the maple leaf, Canada: U of Toronto and U of Ottawa.

Thanks CutiePie too! I know this but in my chapter we always referred to them as "Nationals" despite the fact that we are an International organization. Kind of like a slang I imagine; hey we were college girls.

NutBrnHair 01-02-2009 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by TriDPrincess (Post 1760381)
Thank you for informing me ladies! I'll be sure to tell all my sisters that they taught me incorrectly and have been using/writing these terms incorrectly for all these years.

I guess they just don't cover everything during the Ritual, huh?! :cool:

33girl 01-02-2009 09:00 PM

why is everyone so anti-hyphen? The hyphen is going to go shoot up and throw itself off a building if everyone keeps dissing it.

tri deezy 01-04-2009 02:07 AM

Sarah Ida Shaw didn't use a hyphen. I suppose she would know what's right:)


P.s.- Did you guys know that Sarah Ida Shaw help ASA get started when she was married (Ida Shaw Martin)?

33girl 01-04-2009 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by tri deezy (Post 1760925)
P.s.- Did you guys know that Sarah Ida Shaw help ASA get started when she was married (Ida Shaw Martin)?

Correction, she did NOT help ASA get started - she assisted in bringing together ASA with local chapters to facilitate our reorganization after the sorority had already existed for almost 15 years. While she did serve as national president for a time, she is not a founder in any way shape or form.

DolphinChicaDDD 01-06-2009 07:32 AM

I remember that article from the Trident! I'll have to look for it next time I go home.

As a colony, we were told it was Tri Delta, no hyphen. As an undergrad, one day I got pretty bored while working in the writing lab and decided to investigate why there would be no hyphen in the word. (Hey, it was a slow day, I had 2 hours to kill and the director was always eager to get into grammar debates.) Grammatically, the hyphen has no concreate rule to it. It was created for print use. Generally, it is used to join compound words or to split up a word that appears at the end of the line. Since it would be inappropriate spelling wise to write TriDelta it would also be inappropriate to write Tri-Delta. Since Tri Delta is not one word, there is also no reason to place a hyphen if the word occurred at the end of line.

In the end, I think it really came down to the point that tri deezy made, Sarah Ida Shaw didn't hyphenate the word, so we don't either.

DeltaLove87 03-14-2009 11:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NutBrnHair (Post 1759878)
I think they prefer "Tri Delta" and probably prefer "National" to Nationals. ;)

Its neither NATIONAL or INTERNATIONAL, its EXECUTIVE OFFICE. This is directly from our field consultant. Its also Tri Delta, Delt is not preferred. Tri Delta(s) or Deltas is correct.

Personally, Tri Delta was founded almost 30 years before Delta Sigma Theta & therefore, I believe we have the right to be called Deltas as well.

knight_shadow 03-14-2009 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by DeltaLove87 (Post 1790456)
Personally, Tri Delta was founded almost 30 years before Delta Sigma Theta & therefore, I believe we have the right to be called Deltas as well.

No one said you didn't have the right. The previous poster said her chapter doesn't use the nickname.

DrPhil 03-14-2009 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by DeltaLove87 (Post 1790456)
Its neither NATIONAL or INTERNATIONAL, its EXECUTIVE OFFICE. This is directly from our field consultant. Its also Tri Delta, Delt is not preferred. Tri Delta(s) or Deltas is correct.

Personally, Tri Delta was founded almost 30 years before Delta Sigma Theta & therefore, I believe we have the right to be called Deltas as well.

:rolleyes:

This is a nonissue since people know what the common nicknames are and can tell from the context which sorority is being referenced.

DeltaLove87 03-15-2009 12:07 AM

I agree DrPhil, on our campus we have people call us Tri Deltas & Deltas & you can tell when someone is referring to Tri Delta & Delta Sigma Theta.

TriDLove 04-26-2010 10:50 PM

My NME made it very clear to me to never use Tri Delt, Tri-Delt or Tri-Delta in writing. She said that we should use Tri Delta or Delta Delta Delta.

Also, a hyphen should never be used because it suggests a separation between the 'tri' and the 'delta'.

Just her two cents! :D


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