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Originally posted by Adelphean1851
PATA! is an adpi spirit buzz word, its a western thing, ADPiUCF, I dunno if the Cali girls do it but the Las Vegas ones did and I met an Arizona alum who's chapter started it. It has actually evolved from a simple acronym spirit word to having it's own cermony no one outside of adpi is supposed to know what it means and in my chapter Alphas couldn't know either but it varies from location to location. The alum I met said that it wasn't so involved when her chapter made it up but it's still a fun way to spread adpi spirit. We used to write it on everything. if anyone would like to know the profound meaning of PATA! PM me and i'll be happy to tell you, and if you would like to "initate" your chapter i'll e-mail some of my sisters from EP and see if they can't get me a copy of the ceramony.
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I appreciate the spirit in which this post was made. A clarification. PATA is NOT ritual. The only things that are ritual are in our ritual book. PATA was something said in a keynote address made several conventions ago. Our Grand Pres at that time created an acronym. PATA-- which she said stood for "Pi's Are Totally Awesome."
A few chapters then went back and made up their own hidden meanings for PATA, or heard about this keynote address and PATA. "Patience and Truth Always" is one of my personal favorites.
Again PATA is not ADPi ritual. It's a fun word if you want to use it, it's public, Alphas may know it, and flame me all you like for disclaiming it. Claiming something to be ritual and holding it ove the alphas is wrong. One can't be faulted if her older sisters taught it to her as ritual, but now that you know the real history behind it, please educate one another that PATA is a funny story, but not an ADPi secret, nor an ADPi ritual.
Sisters, when we begin making up our rituals, we get away from the true meaning of our ritual.
Again, I'm not trying to start a war. PATA's a fun spirit word if your chapter wants to use it. But it's not a secret and it is NOT an ADPi ritual. Chapters may not make up their own rituals.