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allsmiles3 12-10-2012 03:19 PM

Incorporating Greek Letters into words? Help please?
 
Hey everybody! There's bound to be some creative people out there. Im in a sorority, Theta Alpha. And the PR Committee needs help thinking of way to incorporate our letters into words for cute shirts and crafts. Any ideas? Thanks!:)

AlphaFrog 12-10-2012 03:33 PM

The issue here is that Theta LOOKS like an "O"...but it's not. Kinda like "Greek" spelled with Sigmas instead "E" is really GRSSK.

You could do something like "We're in this BOAT together, we'll weather any storm" (with BOAT using Theta Alpha), but then it's really "BThat". It bothers some people, some people think it's cute. Is cuteness worth irritating possible PNMs?

WhiteDaisy128 12-10-2012 03:42 PM

Most of the cutesy sayings with Greek letters incorporated use what the letter LOOKS like, not what the letter sounds like/really represents. I know when DG is used, the Delta is often used where an "A" would be because they both look like triangles and the Gamma is usually an "r" -- like these:

http://media-cache-ec2.pinterest.com...JsWhmIWB_c.jpg

http://media-cache-ec5.pinterest.com...i9azsyAr_c.jpg

http://media-cache-ec2.pinterest.com...OUt9ZhuB_c.jpg

For Theta Alpha, I'd use an "O" for Theta, and an "A" for Alpha - despite them not quite having the same sound, etc.

allsmiles3 12-10-2012 03:42 PM

LOVE THAT

MysticCat 12-11-2012 12:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WhiteDaisy128 (Post 2192775)
Most of the cutesy sayings with Greek letters incorporated use what the letter LOOKS like, not what the letter sounds like/really represents.

And that's what looks cute to some and stupid to others.

I'll admit that I fall in the camp of thinking it looks stupid and potentially disrespectful. Others may disagree, of course.

chi-o_cat 12-11-2012 12:46 PM

Despite the fact that I am more in the "annoyed when people use Sigmas as Es" camp, I did think about ideas for the OP's question.

Sisters Forever...wherever we may RΘAM

Theta Alpha...SΘARING Above!


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