Thread: Why is the phi in alpha phi pronounced fee and not fye
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Old 06-09-2008, 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by bruinaphi View Post
Alpha Phi is pronounced Alpha "Fee" not Alpha "Fi" because "fee" is the classical and ancient Greek pronunciation of the letter Phi and our founders advisor, Professor Coddington, advised them to pronounce it Fee.
He was a really neat guy.
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