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"Popular" letters
Ever notice that some Greek letters just never, or rarely get used? Like, what's wrong with Omicron, Psi, Upsilon, etc? Meanwhile there's a billion Alphas, Deltas, Phis, and Kappas. On my campus every organization but two has an Alpha or a Phi in it for goodness sake... and mine has both! Do you have letters on your campus that everyone has?
Anyone know why these letters stand out? If anything, I just think it's kinda funny. |
i think...5 out of the 8 that we have..have phi in them.
phi sigma sigma gamma phi beta theta phi alpha phi pi delta kappa delta phi |
We must have a psychic bond, because I was thinking this yesterday!
Alpha and Delta seem to get used a lot, but Omicron, Xi and even Psi, Eta, Iota not so much. Omicron: I can only think of AOII. Xi: I think only AXiD and Theta Xi use it. Mu: I can only think of Phi Mu and Sigma Alpha Mu, but surely there must be others (I am just too lazy to go and look). ------------------------ At my campus, we seemed to like Alpha, Delta and Gamma and Phi! Alpha Gamma Delta Alpha Delta Pi Alpha Phi Delta Phi Epsilon Delta Gamma Gamma Phi Beta Kappa Kappa Gamma ------------------------ Also: How many "Tri-somethings" are there? There's Tri Delta and Tri Sigma (NPC) There's Tri Alpha and Tri Zeta (I think they're locals). There's Tri Kappa (I think it's educational or honor or something) and there's Tri Beta (also something along those lines). Any others? |
I noticed that too. And, I have noticed that I have seen like only one organization with Iota or Eta in the names. What about chapter letters? Are Upsilon, Omicron, Iota, Eta, and Psi just as uncommon? At IU, there is an Alpha Omicron chapter, either it is DU or Lambda Chi, but that was the first time I have seen Omicron other than in my organizations name.
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Interesting topic!
I can't think of a lot of GLO's with Nu in them either. The only ones I can think of without hurting my brain is Sigma Nu & Theta Nu Xi. |
At SDSU, if we're just talking about IFC and Panhellenic, then we don't have any orgs with Eta, Iota, Lambda (LXA comes back next Spring though), Xi, Omicron or Rho. The cultural GLOs have one with Lambda though.
I think Eta is the most misused letter. There are no IFC, PHC or NHPC GLOs that use it. I only know of Eta Sigma Phi, Eta Kappa Nu and Alpha Eta RHo, which are not social GLOs. |
Alpha Delta Pi
Delta Gamma Delta Zeta Chi Omega Sigma Kappa Zeta Tau Alpha That is my campus. Delta is most popular and Alpha after that...but I think we are pretty mixed. |
We seem to have a lot of GLO's with sigma or delta in them at my school:
Alpha Gamma DELTA Alpha Xi DELTA DELTA Zeta Alpha SIGMA Tau SIGMA SIGMA SIGMA SIGMA Kappa SIGMA Nu Phi (local) Phi SIGMA SIGMA SIGMA DELTA Tau SIGMA Phi Epsilon SIGMA Nu Phi SIGMA Kappa Phi SIGMA Phi DELTASIGMA Phi SIGMA Tau Gamma DELTA Tau DELTA then there's the rest of them :p Lambda Chi Alpha Kappa Phi Alpha (local) Tau Kappa Epsilon Arm of Honor (local) |
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There's also Phi Mu Delta. Hail Sinfonia! |
We have LOTS of Sigmas
Sigma Sigma Sigma Sigma Kappa Alpha Sigma Alpha Phi Sigma Sigma Sigma Chi Sigma Pi Sigma Tau Gamma Delta Sigma Phi Alpha Sigma Tau Sigma Lambda Sigma |
I think Alpha was the most popular on my college campus... followed by Delta.. Phi is up there pretty high for us too.
we had: Alpha Sigma (local) Delta Zeta Sigma Sigma Sigma Tau Phi Lambda Delta Omicron ---there's an Omicron for you! Phi Mu Alpha Pi Kappa Alpha Phi Chi Epsilon Delta Chi Phi Sigma Kappa Lambda Chi Alpha Tau Kappa Epsilon Alpha Phi Alpha Delta Sigma Theta Zeta Phi Beta |
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Does it say anything for my defense that it's Friday and I have over expended my weekly allotment of brain cells? |
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It's ok, you're forgiven, you're just lucky I happen to like Sinfonians! |
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The new local on our campus is Delta Psi Sigma... I think they purposely picked letters that no one else has. :p On our campus we have: Alpha Phi Gamma Phi Beta (by the way... the only other Beta I can think of is Beta Theta Pi) Delta Psi Sigma Lambda Chi Alpha Tau Kappa Epsilon Chi Phi Pi Lambda Phi Theta Xi Pi Kappa Alpha Theta Xi, TKE, and Delta Psi Sigma definitely have the most "original" sounding names on our campus. :p |
When I was in school, there were lots of Alphas, Phis, Sigmas, and Taus.
Sororities: Alpha Epsilon Phi Alpha Phi Alpha Xi Delta Delta Phi Epsilon Delta Tau (local) Phi Sigma Sigma Sigma Delta Tau Fraternities: * Alpha Epsilon Pi * Alpha Sigma Phi * Beta Theta Pi * Chi Phi * Delta Omega Phi (local-closed) * Pi Lambda Phi * Sigma Alpha Epsilon * Sigma Alpha Mu * Sigma Phi Epsilon * Sigma Nu * Tau Alpha Upsilon (local) * Tau Epsilon Phi * Tau Kappa Epsilon * Zeta Beta Tau It is interesting. Many of these fraternities have closed and new ones have opened. Only one sorority (the local) has closed over the years. |
Believe it or not, I was just thinking about this same thing recently! Delta and Alpha seem to be very popular where I went to school.
As for rarely-used letters, I'm in an honor society called Phi Upsilon Omicron...try saying that three times fast!:p |
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This is the breakdown at Indiana University
Alpha Chi Omega Alpha Delta Pi Alpha Epsilon Phi Alpha Gamma Delta Alpha Omicron Pi Alpha Phi Alpha Xi Delta Chi Omega Delta Delta Delta Delta Gamma Delta Zeta Gamma Phi Beta Kappa Alpha Theta Kappa Delta Kappa Kappa Gamma Phi Mu Pi Beta Phi Sigma Delta Tau Zeta Tau Alpha Acacia Alpha Epsilon Pi Alpha Tau Omega Alpha Sigma Phi Chi Phi Delta Tau Delta Delta Upsilon Delta Kappa Epsilon Kappa Sigma Kappa Delta Rho Lambda Chi Alpha Phi Delta Theta Phi Gamma Delta Phi Kappa Psi Phi Sigma Kappa Pi Kappa Phi Sigma Alpha Mu Sigma Chi Sigma Pi Tau Kappa Epsilon Zeta Beta Tau It seems to me that Alpha, Delta, Phi, and Kappa are the most common on this campus. |
You seem to have a lot of Sigmas at Indiana U. Actually, you have a lot of everything there since greeklife is so huge. :)
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I guess because Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet, it will have the most usage :)
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As for seldom used Iota, the only national orgs I know of are Sigma Alpha Iota and Iota Phi Theta. I can't think of any that use Eta, though. |
Phi is the most common letter at CNU
Alpha Phi Alpha Phi Omega Gamma Phi Beta Pi Kappa Phi Pi Lambda Phi Sigma Phi Epsilon Phi Mu and then we have Alpha Kappa Alpha Delta Sigma Theta we used to have Zeta Phi Beta Sigma Pi Sigma Tau Gamma Phi Beta Sigma |
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We have a lot of Phi usage at my school. (we have 11 GLO @CSU Stanislaus)
Sororities: Phi Sigma Sigma Phi Lambda Rho-local Delta Phi Gamma-local Phi Gamma Theta-local Fraternities: Phi Mu Alpha Phi Delta Theta Also what is interesting at my school is the more uncommon letters are more commonly used with our locals. letters used by our locals: Upsilon Kappa Delta Nu Alpha Kappa Phi Lambda Rho also we have Alpha Xi Delta which is uncommon too. Another thing that is common on our campus is all of our GLO have 3 letters except for one. (Theta Chi) I've always thought that was kinda neat. *Edited because I can't spell Upsilon |
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Phi Beta Sigma and Zeta Phi Beta, too.
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We have a tie between Alpha and Phi... 13 occurrences each. Lots of Deltas and Kappas in there too.
Fraternities Alpha Delta Phi Alpha Epsilon Pi Alpha Phi Alpha Alpha Tau Omega Beta Theta Pi Chi Phi Delta Kappa Epsilon Delta Tau Delta Delta Upsilon Kappa Alpha Psi Kappa Sigma Lambda Chi Alpha Nu Delta Phi Beta Epsilon Phi Delta Theta Phi Kappa Sigma Phi Kappa Theta Phi Sigma Kappa Pi Lambda Phi Sigma Chi Sigma Nu Sigma Phi Epsilon Tau Epsilon Phi Theta Chi Theta Delta Chi Theta Xi Zeta Beta Tau Zeta Psi Sorority Alpha Chi Omega Alpha Epsilon Phi Alpha Kappa Alpha Alpha Phi Sorority Kappa Alpha Theta Sigma Kappa |
OK this is totally turning into a roll call thread...
Just thought I'd point that out! |
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How many "Tri-somethings" are there? There's Tri Delta and Tri Sigma (NPC) There's Tri Alpha and Tri Zeta (I think they're locals - I saw their website somewhere). There's Tri Kappa (I think it's educational or honor or something) and there's Tri Beta (also something along those lines). Any others? |
a lot of bored people out there ;)
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I've actually noticed this too . . I think it's mostly because a lot of GLO names stand for something in Greek, and really, can there be that many words that start with Xi or Eta or Upsilon?
I also think that Alpha is used a lot because of its significance of being the first in the alphabet. :) There are a ton of NPC organizations (over a third of the NPC, I think) that have Alpha as their first letter. |
PHI mu
alpha PHI delta PHI epsilon PHI sigma sigma PHI kappa sigma sigma PHI epsilon pi kappa PHI PHI beta sigma |
We have alot of "Alpha's"
Alpha Chi Nu aka. Archon (local fraternity) Alpha Mu Beta (local sorority) Alpha Sigma Phi (well duh) Chi Omega Alpha (local sorority) When 2 of the local sororities were local we had the Sigma's running rampant. :) Alpha Sigma Tau Phi Sigma Sigma Alpha Sigma Phi Oh, we have a local using all the letters that you al say aren't used very much :) Lambda Omicron Psi |
Alpha, Sigma, and Delta are the most used letter on my campus.
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At my alma mater, Stony Brook, there are organizations with Alphas, Sigmas, Deltas, Phis, Gammas, a few of the following: Epsilons, Thetas, Taus, Betas, Chis, Psis, Zetas, Rhos, Iotas, Upsilons and only one Omega, Mu and Nu.
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Valpo's Greek Letters:
Alpha Delta Pi
Chi Omega Delta Delta Delta Gamma Phi Beta Kappa Delta Kappa Kappa Gamma Pi Beta Phi Theta Chi Lambda Chi Alpha Sigma Phi Epsilon Sigma Chi Phi Kappa Psi Phi Delta Theta Phi Mu Alpha Phi Sigma Kappa Sigma Pi Sigma Tau Gamma Sigma Alpha Iota Alpha Phi Omega Delta Sigma Pi Okay, so most of our have Phi, Sigma, Alpha, and Delta as the top 3...chapter names cover the lesser known Greek letters (Zeta, Eta, Xi, and Upsilon) and the letters left out of our system are Nu, Omicron, and Rho |
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