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Old 12-15-2006, 12:23 AM
jessXIca jessXIca is offline
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Old 12-15-2006, 03:48 AM
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Dumb question that's very easily answered: I just read that the name of your sorority is pronounced Alpha "Fee" and not Alpha "Fie". Is this true?

I guess it makes sense, because usually Xi is pronounced "zie" but in our (Alpha Xi Delta) name it's "zee", because it's after "Alpha" or something like that. Does anyone know the letters that change around like that?
Our Xi is pronounced as "zee" because that's the way it is properly pronounced in the Greek language -- the whole "it's pronounced that way because it comes after Alpha" line is incorrect. So, the groups who pronounce Xi as "zie" are pronouncing it incorrectly, or, more specifically, they are pronouncing it the Americanized way.

Phi is also pronounced "fee" because that is the way it is properly pronounced in Greek.

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Old 12-17-2006, 09:47 PM
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I had always wondered about this. Does this also mean that "pi" is actually "pee" and "chi" is "key" and "psi" is "see"?
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