Ferrets instead?

[naraht]

Sort of sad early morning though...

I saw a mention online for an insulting nickname for a sorority that included "pigs" based on a *phi* in their name and my first thought was why should they use "pigs", that not a pi...

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by naraht

Sort of sad early morning though...

I saw a mention online for an insulting nickname for a sorority that included "pigs" based on a *phi* in their name and my first thought was why should they use "pigs", that not a pi...

You really expect the intellectual giants who would come up with a nickname like that to understand the difference between Φ and Π or to wrap their minds around the idea that just because Φ becomes two letters (PH) in English, it doesn't work that way in Greek?

(I've even seen some Greeks do things like try to spell Alpha in Greek letters, only they spell it ΑΛΠΗΑ instead of ΑΛΦΑ.)

[33girl]

It really took some HARD thinking for a minute for me to get the title.

[aephi alum]

For a moment there, I thought you were talking about that Sorority Girls show . . .

[naraht]

Originally Posted by 33girl

It really took some HARD thinking for a minute for me to get the title.

OK. But what would have been clearer?

[naraht]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

You really expect the intellectual giants who would come up with a nickname like that to understand the difference between Φ and Π or to wrap their minds around the idea that just because Φ becomes two letters (PH) in English, it doesn't work that way in Greek?

(I've even seen some Greeks do things like try to spell Alpha in Greek letters, only they spell it ΑΛΠΗΑ instead of ΑΛΦΑ.)

I'd agree with you, were it not for the fact that a National Social GLO misspells the greek spelling for Theta in their crest.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by naraht

OK. But what would have been clearer?

Me reading this thread after I was fully awake.

[Greek_or_Geek?]

Originally Posted by aephi alum

For a moment there, I thought you were talking about that Sorority Girls show . . .

LOL. Me too.

[melindawarren]

I totally don't get this and feel really dumb right now.

[naraht]

Originally Posted by melindawarren

I totally don't get this and feel really dumb right now.

What don't you get, the original posting?

[melindawarren]

Originally Posted by naraht

What don't you get, the original posting?

Yes.

[naraht]

OK. There is a GLO whose letters include a phi, lets say Beta Beta Phi (it isn't but I'm not going to mention the letters) and one of their derogatory nicknames is Big Big Pigs. My comment was that my first thought was that their nickname shouldn't be Big Big Pigs since Pigs is a P sound not a Ph/F sound. So I was thinking they should be Big Big *Ferrets* rather than Big Big Pigs.

[AOII Angel]

Ferrets aren't derogatory enough, and dammit they just have to be insulting!

[AZTheta]

Originally Posted by naraht

I'd agree with you, were it not for the fact that a National Social GLO misspells the greek spelling for Theta in their crest.

Had to go double-check! Confession: For a long time I thought "Theta" was misspelled in our COA.

I never mastered the phonetics of the written Greek Alphabet. Interestingly, I can transcribe many sounds using the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) and used to be fairly accomplished at diacritical markings (fine rather than broad transcription). However, those dendrites were pruned a long time ago, due to disuse, and it's doubtful that I'll grow new ones in that area.

[naraht]

The letter Theta in greek is spelled Theta-Eta-Tau-Alpha, this particular group spells it Theta-Epsilon-Tau-Alpha.

Maybe fixing their coat of arms should be something on the To-do list for their Centennial.