Letters written out in script

[alum]

Does anyone know of a site that has the designs/patterns for all the scripts of the Greek letters? I'm not talking about the fabric choices but the actual letter written in English. These would be the words allowed to be worn by pledges when they can't wear letters until initiation.

[AChiOhSnap]

Originally Posted by alum

Does anyone know of a site that has the designs/patterns for all the scripts of the Greek letters? I'm not talking about the fabric choices but the actual letter written in English. These would be the words allowed to be worn by pledges when they can't wear letters until initiation.

greekclothing.com sells t-shirts that can be printed with the spelled-out name of a group.

[macallan25]

Pledges aren't members of a fraternity so why let them wear the fraternity's name?

[alum]

Some women's fraternities have no restriction against their pledges wearing anything affiliated with their group. Some women's fraternities allow their new members to wear letters, but not the crest. Apparently some allow just the wearing of the spelled-out nickname such as "Theta" or "Pi Phi". For all I know, some may not even allow that.

Since there was a resource that someone had found that had all the stitched style of letters as patterns, I was hoping to find a similar resource for the spelled out nicknames.

[macallan25]

Women's sororities you mean? I am still not getting this "women's fraternity" thing. It sounds strange, I have never heard of a sorority being called a fraternity, and I was reamed for it in another thread. Oh well.

Originally Posted by macallan25

Women's sororities you mean? I am still not getting this "women's fraternity" thing. It sounds strange, I have never heard of a sorority being called a fraternity, and I was reamed for it in another thread. Oh well.

FYI for everybody...

Officially known as Fraternity
Alpha Chi Omega
Alpha Gamma Delta
Alpha Omicron Pi
Alpha Phi
Alpha Xi Delta
Chi Omega
Delta Delta Delta
Delta Gamma
Kappa Alpha Theta
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Phi Mu
Phi Sigma Sigma
Pi Beta Phi
Theta Phi Alpha
Zeta Tau Alpha

Officially known as Sorority
Alpha Delta Pi
Alpha Epsilon Phi
Alpha Sigma Alpha
Alpha Sigma Tau
Delta Phi Epsilon
Delta Zeta
Gamma Phi Beta
Kappa Delta
Sigma Delta Tau
Sigma Kappa
Sigma Sigma Sigma

[Eirbear]

Originally Posted by macallan25

Women's sororities you mean? I am still not getting this "women's fraternity" thing. It sounds strange, I have never heard of a sorority being called a fraternity, and I was reamed for it in another thread. Oh well.

I'm honestly not 100% sure what qualifies a "fraternity" (and you'd think I would, since I'm IN a women's fraternity), but I think I heard that it has something to do with the rules or the constituation or how something is written. It no longer matters if it's a men's or women's group. There's some criteria which qualifies the word "fraternity" in the official name.

But, like I said, that's just what I've heard...

[PM_Mama00]

Originally Posted by Eirbear

I'm honestly not 100% sure what qualifies a "fraternity" (and you'd think I would, since I'm IN a women's fraternity), but I think I heard that it has something to do with the rules or the constituation or how something is written. It no longer matters if it's a men's or women's group. There's some criteria which qualifies the word "fraternity" in the official name.

But, like I said, that's just what I've heard...

I'm not sure when your org was founded, but sororities like Phi Mu and ADPi were founded before the word "sorority" was founded, so we are fraternities. No one ever changed it, and I like it because it shows our distinct age. I believe Gamma Phi Beta was the first to use the word sorority... apologies if I'm wrong!

Originally Posted by Eirbear

I'm honestly not 100% sure what qualifies a "fraternity" (and you'd think I would, since I'm IN a women's fraternity), but I think I heard that it has something to do with the rules or the constituation or how something is written. It no longer matters if it's a men's or women's group. There's some criteria which qualifies the word "fraternity" in the official name.

But, like I said, that's just what I've heard...

The word "sorority" was created especially for Gamma Phi Beta, founded in 1874. There were already women's fraternities prior to Gamma Phi's founding that already carried the "women's fraternity" name. As far as orgs. founded after Gamma Phi, I'm not sure why some went the women's fraternity route vs. the sorority route -- I'm thinking it was just a personal preference of the Founders.

[Eirbear]

Originally Posted by OTW

The word "sorority" was created especially for Gamma Phi Beta, founded in 1874. There were already women's fraternities prior to Gamma Phi's founding that already carried the "women's fraternity" name. As far as orgs. founded after Gamma Phi, I'm not sure why some went the women's fraternity route vs. the sorority route -- I'm thinking it was just a personal preference of the Founders.

Yeah, that's probably the case. Like I said, the other thing was just what I'd heard. Alpha Xi Delta was founded in 1893, so that was after "sorority" had come into use. So, there must have been a distinct reason the word "fraternity" was chosen for the official name.

[macallan25]

I see now. Confusing I guess. None of the girls I know in the "fraternity" list have ever referred to their respective organizations as "fraternities."

[alum]

I am not a historian by any means, but I always thought the women's fraternities were designated as such because the word sorority had not been coined.

I think of myself as a member of a women's fraternity. To males and members of other female GLOs, I refer to my group as a sorority.

[PeppyGPhiB]

Here is how it's been explained to me. The word "sorority," coined for my organization, means sisterhood in latin. Some sororities decided that it made no sense to have a greek name, yet adopt the new latin "sorority" label. So, they decided to stick with "fraternity." However since "fraternity" is also latin, I don't understand this explanation.

I think it could just be because "fraternity" was an accepted, well-known term, and so some sororities decided to call themselves "fraternities" because they figured outsiders would better understand what their organization was if they had that label.

[adpi*violet]

Originally Posted by PM_Mama00

I'm not sure when your org was founded, but sororities like Phi Mu and ADPi were founded before the word "sorority" was founded, so we are fraternities. No one ever changed it, and I like it because it shows our distinct age. I believe Gamma Phi Beta was the first to use the word sorority... apologies if I'm wrong!

Actually, ADPi is a sorority officially.
Not sure when it was added to our official title. May be something to do with when it was incorporated in the state of Georgia?
Forgive my cryptic-ness. It's early!!!

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by adpi*violet

Actually, ADPi is a sorority officially.
Not sure when it was added to our official title. May be something to do with when it was incorporated in the state of Georgia?
Forgive my cryptic-ness. It's early!!!

It changed when ADPi became ADPi instead of Alphadelphian (sp?) Society.