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Originally Posted by pearlbubbles
I think it's "ee" after a vowel and "eye" after a consonant. That's what I was told when I asked. But then I don't really know what to do about Alpha Phi Delta, for instance, because I've always heard it pronounced "pheye," but it comes after a vowel.
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That's a Greek Urban Legend. I did a ridiculously long response but for some reason it disappeared. Everyone is probably better off.
I'll just refer to
this old post of mine.
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Originally Posted by thetygerlily
Is "zeye" a regional thing perhaps? Kind of like pronouncing Italian as "it-alian" vs. "eye-talian"? I was completely thrown off when I heard some people say that in college (in the midwest), I had no idea anyone said that (had never heard it in the northwest).... maybe it's like that?
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I wouldn't consider it a regional thing. The
pledge manual for Theta Xi Fraternity gives
zzEYE as the pronunciation. So do the websites of lots of Greek Life offices. (My fraternity's manual does as well, FWIW.)
It's a matter of preference. Alpha Xi Delta prefers
zee. Theta Xi apparently prefers
zeye. Alpha Phi prefers
fee, while almost all other orgs that use
F prefer
fie.