Tri-Sigma vs. Tri-Sig?
 

Hey ladies!

I know that we do not use the term "Tri-Sig" in reference to ourselves, but does anyone know the official reason? The story at Beta Xi is that there is a lesbian commune somewhere in California named TriSig, but is that the truth? Just wondering...

[QUOTE]Originally posted by crazyleggedsigma:
Hey ladies!

I know that we do not use the term "Tri-Sig" in reference to ourselves, but does anyone know the official reason? The story at Beta Xi is that there is a lesbian commune somewhere in California named TriSig, but is that the truth? Just wondering...[/QUOTE

We dont even refer to ourselves as "tri-sigs" at shepherd college---sounds to much like that stupid stereotype, My favorite is the triple E honeys, it cracks me up.

Hello Sigma ladies!

My mom was a member of Tri-Sigma at Loyola University, New Orleans in the 60s. She refers to the sorority as both "Tri-Sig" or "Tri-Sigma" I guess things were different back then http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

Hello Sigmas!
I had it explained to me by one of your very sweet leadership consultants several years ago when Tri-Sigma was colonizing on our campus: When both Phi Sigma Sigma and Tri-Sigma are on campus, "Tri-Sig" often gets confused with "Phi-Sig" because they rhyme. So "Tri-Sigma" was used to cut down the confusion. That explanation made sense for our campus since we had both sororities on campus, but I don't know if that's the *official* reason.
Alpha Gam Love to You!

Tri sig vs Sigma Sigma Sigma
 

Over the years there have been many reasons why Tri Sig is Tri
Sig or not. Some said Tri Sig is a little sister of Delta Delta Delta, aka Tri Delt...whatever...
I have never heard the lesbian one. That is pure bull puckey....
I have seen many Tri Sig chapters in my 40 + years as a TKE. I
am currently active with TKE as a 65 year old alum in Denver.
What I do remember, though, is that the ladies of Sigma Sigma
Sigma were bright, pretty, had manners and were among the
finest of all the Greeks...so there...so long as they talk about you,
you are o.k. But I have known that a long, long time!
Love, Erik -- an old Kansas Teke

That is no true!
You shouldn't call it Tri Sig b/c it isn't Tri Sig it is Tri Sigma. That is the only reason that have made this a RULE! feel free to e-mail me i would love to be in contact with other sigmas!

We have discontinued the use of Tri Sig, just as the Alpha Mu stated, because we are not Sig Sig Sig, we are Tri Sigma ~ Sigma Sigma Sigma and we would like our 'nickname' to be more in line with our true name. We were never any part of Tri Delta and were founded as one of the Farmville Four, which were 4 sororities founded in Farmville, Virginia. Tri Delta was not part of the Farmville Four.
Robbie
National Area Director

So long as they talk about you....
 

You know, in the final analysis, what difference does it make?
While you may prefer Tri Sigma as the moniker, Tri Sig is easier to say, and it has nothing whatsoever to do with it being Sig Sig
Sig vs. Sigma Sigma Sigma. We love you anyway. And as a
sagacious Beta friend of mine said "So long as they talk about
you, you're okay."
Erik P Conard, tau kap frat aka T-K-E, Teke, whatever

Tri Sigma (no dash...just Tri Sigma)
 

To Erik, and sisters :)

Erik, as the sweetheart of a fellow frater of TKE I would have to agree fully with Robbie who is amazing and has such vast knowledge of Tri Sigma. It actually does matter to our sorority what we are called, as I'm sure it matters to your fraternity (who's letters I wear every day along with mine).

Why would it irritate a Tri Sigma to be called a Tri Sig? Just some thoughts.
Well, what is a Sig? Noone seems to know.
Sig rhymes with too many other derogatory words (Tri Pig...) which we would not like to be referred as.
It is not harder to say Tri Sigma vs. Tri Sig, it's actually just habit.

You are correct though, most (not all) publicity is great, it's great that people are talking about us. We just always want to make sure it's in a positive light.

Ever Forward,

Re: Tri Sigma (no dash...just Tri Sigma)
 

out of touch
 

Obviously I am out of touch. I have expunged "Tri Sig" from my
present vocabulary as I certainly do not wish to offend any of you in your fine organization.
So, I will yield, I am wrong... yet I still have good memories of the times with the Tri Sigs, now Tri Sigmas!
Best wishes, Erik the old TKE from Denver

Dear Erik,
First of all, thank you for speaking so highly and kindly of Tri Sigma. Tracie is right, it's just habit and we have so many wonderful alumnae who are out-of-touch with the national end of the organization who still say Tri Sig, and we just love them all the same. When given the opportunity, I just try to educate Sisters and other fellow Greeks on our new ideas and thoughts as we move Tri Sigma ever forward. OH, and I dated a TKE in college!!!!
Robbie

tri sigma
 

I dont understand what it really matters! Isn't it just a way of shortening it? so you dont have to say sigma sigma sigma all the time? It probably got shortened to tri-sigma at first and then someone said tri-sig! Ever fraternity and sorority shorten their names!

Re: Tri-Sigma vs. Tri-Sig?
 

Actually, there is a group called Tri-Ess which is a sorority (with chapters and everything) that serves as a support group for cross-dressers and their loved ones. Tri-Ess comes from their full name...the Society for the Second Self.

33girl,

You are correct. That organization is real and some of us know of it, but don't flaunt it. (I'm laughing here). It's interesting that you would know that.

wasn't hard to find out - the beauty of the internet. I found it by chance one day and it **ahem** made a lasting impression.

Kent State, great job in Basketball so far, but my Jayhawks will win it all the way!

I always hated the Tri Pigs thing. yuck. Or the Tri Sig, everyone else has.

This is one major reason that I enjoy being called a Tri Sigma instead! Or just simply a Sigma :)

Ever Forward!

Our Tri Sig chapter at Bloomsburg University has always been called Tri Sig, for as long as I've known them (10 years). Nobody calls them Tri Pig. If you want to lose the "Tri Sigma, everyone else has" thing, wouldn't you need to eliminate TRI from the nickname? Everyone makes nicknames out of every sorority and fraternities letters. I've heard every name in the book for D Phi E, and you know, I just don't even let it bother me anymore. I would hope we're all bigger people than that.

It's not a few of us that have made this decision. It's our National Organization and our Council Members who have made this decision and have told every Tri Sigma that is what we are to be called. Some people do not take it personally, but when my Executive Council members say, "please correct anyone and remind them that we are Tri Sigma or Sigma Sigma Sigma or Sigma's", then I listen and work to correct anyone.

Re: Tri sig vs Sigma Sigma Sigma
 

I just wanted to mention that mothers of Tri Deltas are eligible for the sorority Psi Psi Psi, or Tri Psi. There is no sorority for Tri Delta daughters, though.......maybe that is where the above idea came from??

Tri Psi is the only Greek-letter mothers' sorority and the only international sorority for mothers of fraternity women. Founded in 1914 by Delta Delta Delta Founder Sarah Ida Shaw, for the mothers of initiated Tri Deltas, Tri Psi has 26 chapters in the U.S. and Canada. Tri Psi membership is for life, and many members remain active after their daughters graduate.

sigma sigma sigma
 

whether it be tri-sig, sigma sigma sigma, or tri sigma...it
is still a classy outfit with great women and of even greater memories. We love you regardless of the name.
An old TKE admirer

I know it's really weird, but I hate the dash (Tri-Sigma)..it bugs me so much when people use the dash!!!:p . I think it's just a personal peeve. I try to let the whole Tri Sig thing roll off my back most of the time when my independent friends use it or other non knowing greeks (an easy way to look like a snotty chapter is to say: "that's Tri Sig-MA", but we do correct each other within the chapter. we're mostly known as Sigma's anyway.

At VCU it is STRICTLY Tri SIGMA-- Anyone who calls it Tri Sig is always quickly corrected-- at the other schools in VA though, it is Tri Sig... who knows... I was told it was my chapter that started the whole lesbian organization rumor and that it just spread... but it's probably all just rumors...

I have personally heard that we don't refer to ourselves as Tri Sig because of a lesbian group in California. I looked up this group, but found that there is a group Sigma Sigma Sigma in CA, but it's not a lesbian group- I believe it's actually a group that helps students. Either way, I'd rather be called a Sigma or a Tri Sigma- it sounds so much better and more proper. Ah well- each chapter probably has their own beliefs.

I always hear tri sigma mostly because or the phi sig confusion... unless they are being demeaning

I don't understand what the big deal is...as long as its nothing degrading (and maybe Tri-Sig is degrading, i dunno) i don't understand why you can't call it by both...and also when i was a pledge and i asked a girl if she was a tri-sig she said "no, but i'm a tri-sigma" it just made her sound really stuck up...

I heard that Tri-Sig is the name of a less than creditable women's shelter in Texas.

Maybe I am lazy, but unless I am speaking to non-greeks I just say "I'm a Sigma" if they pursue it then I say "well Tri Sigma".

I relay to everyone who tries to call me a Tri-Sig that Sig is not a greek letter. The letters are Sigma, therefore, I would appreciate being called either a Tri Sigma or just plainly Sigma. (At my school, there's only Sigma Sigma Sigma and Alpha Sigma Tau)

The Tri Sigmas on my campus were usually just called Sigmas. While I understand that there is no Greek letter called Sig, there's no Greek letter called Ep, either, and most of the guys in Sigma Phi Epsilon called themselves SigEps. The letter Omega is more of a W than an O, yet Chi Omega's are ok with being called ChiO's (at least they used to be -- I assume they still are!).

If you want to be called by something (like Sigma or Tri Sigma), that's fine. But to say you don't want to be called something b/c there isn't a Greek letter with that name, well, that's kinda strange if you ask me.

I've always been fond of Sigmas, so I'd never call them something they didn't want to be called. But, it's always bothered me when this excuse is used to explain why they shouldn't be called Sigs.

I definately don't think it is strange. We're in a GLO... greek letter organization. If it's not greek, then it shouldn't be apart of our name. Sig is not greek. The other GLO's that you mentioned might be fine with being referred to as something other than their greek name. My chapter, is not. The people at my school respect that.

I didn't mean to be offensive or disrespectful by using the word 'strange'. I guess I should've said that it's inconsistent with how other groups' nicknames are used.

No, it is a strange way to rationalize it.

I mean...Tri isn't a Greek letter either. If that's going to be the reasoning, Sigma should be the only thing that's used.

Tell that to the Sigs (Sigma Chi), not to mention the Alpha Sigs, Kappa Sigs, Phi Sigs, Delta Sigs, Sig Taus, Sig Kaps and Sig Eps. (Oops, double bad on using non-Greek letters for the last two group mentioned).

I guess maybe the Delts, Alpha Gams, Phi Delts, Phi Lambs, Pi Lams, Pi Kapps and the Phi Kaps are all being less than Greek as well. And let's not even start on the groups that mix Latin and Greek letters, like ADPi or ChiO.

I agree with 33girl -- I will certainly call any GLO by the name its members prefer, but the idea that if it's not a Greek letter, it shouldn't be a part of a GLO's name seems a strange rationalization when it's a nickname one is talking about. And to be frank, it comes off as sounding somewhat disrespectful of the many orgs whose traditional nicknames include anything other than actual Greek letters.

It seems quite enough to me for members of any group simply to say "we prefer to be called _______"

Says the Sinfonian....:D:D

LOL -- I wasn't even thinking about SINFONIA when I typed that.

*cough* Sig Kaps *cough

:p

^^^ http://www.smilieshq.com/smilies/ashamed0001.gif Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.

Editing (and penance) has occured.