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I am in the process of trying to start a sorority at my college along with several friends.
We are at the beginning of putting everything together.


We have chosen a name, Omega Kappa Chi.

We also wrote out an explanation of our name and why we chose it.




I'm glad to be here and look forward to getting to know all of you.

just for your information, the greek letter Omega translates as w in the English language. Good luck with your endeavor.

Thanks for informing me about the letter and for your good wishes.

We had also decided the following for our organization

Colors:Lavender and Yellow
Flower: White Rose
Symbol: Open Book
Mascot: Bumblebee
Jewel: Aquamarine
Magazine: The Beehive
Patron: Athena
Open Motto: Knowledge resides in everyone
Philanthropy: Educational Opportunities for Children After-School Hours.

Since when???

On the computer it does!

OKXBumblebee, perhaps the info you gave in your first post would be private information (that you wouldn't share with the outside world!)

By the way, what school is this?

We're at Riverside Community College in Riverside, California.

I wasn't aware that anything that I posted in the first post would fall into the realm of being considered private, but then again none of us know much about Sororities in general so we're sort of just playing things by ear.


Thanks for the tip.

LOL....the keyboard would make your sorority QNX.

Indeed we are the QNX. It's hard to give an accurate equivalent from Greek to English letters because some (like Omega) are combos...

a=a
b=b
g=g
d=d
e=e
z=z
h=ay (or a keyboard "h")
q=th (or a keyboard "q")
i=i
k=k
l=l
m=m
n=n
x= ks (or a keyboard "x"]
o=o
p=p
r=r
s=s
t=t
u=u
f=f (and a keyboard "f")
c=c or k
y=s (or a keyboard "y")
w=ow or oh (or a keyboard "w")

I'm just talking pronunciation within words. Take "xi" for example. In the word sarx (which means "flesh"), the "xi" is "ks" so it's pronounced sarks. So, sometimes people will say "Theta Nu Ksee" whereas I say it "Theta Nu Z-eye."

Omega ALWAYS reminds me of the lexical form of most Koine Greek words. The only other standard (present tense) ending I know is hmi (wait, is that right? I need to look up the ending...anyway...)

As an ending, omega is "oh."

I also see people doing very strange things with the Greek names of their orgs. For instance, I might say

Qheta Nu Xi

which would be wrong in any language. If we're going for phonetic-ness, it would be

Qhta Nu Xi or possibly Qeta Nu Xi (in which the "Theta" would be pronounced Thehta instead of Thayta.)

The same goes for when people type other letters out, like "Phi." Properly written out (phonetically) it would be Fi not Fhi.

My wishes
 

Congrads and my GOD Bless you all every step of the way.....