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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? |
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.
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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
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/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. |
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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.
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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.
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I would have always thought we took a position similar to that of Tri Sigma and it sounds like we do.
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The girls at my school said they prefer "Tri Delta" because it's "Delta Delta Delta" and not "Delt Delt Delt"
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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.
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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)? |
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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. |
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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. |
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This is a nonissue since people know what the common nicknames are and can tell from the context which sorority is being referenced. |
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.
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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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