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Old 01-28-2004, 12:50 PM
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Originally posted by AlethiaSi
alpha- father

beta- bed

gamma- go sing

delta- do

epsilon- met

zeta- edge

eta- prey

theta- this

iota- pie

kappa- kill

lambda- land

mu- men

nu- no

xi (there is no meaning)

omicron- obey

pi- pet

rho- rug

sigma- sit

tau- tell

upsilon (there is no meaning)

phi- graphic

chi- rich

psi- hipp

omega- tone

these are the real meanings from our pledge books- one of my sisters just sent them to me... and obviously they were randon because that was all i could remember at the time.....
Actually these are keys to pronunciation of Greek letters using common English words.

xi = as in 'xylophone' ('zie' is the common pronunciation, but 'zee' is closer to actual Greek)
upsilon = as in 'oops'
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