So sick of this...

[peppermint23]

Someone posted on Facebook:

"Isn't EAT fraternity (sigma delta tau) the little smart fraternity thing? I see everyone wearing it."

"Sigma delta tau would be SDT wouldn't it?"

" when you actually have the greek letters it looks like EAT. our caf made shirts that had that on it and gave them out"

Are you joking me?

I know, ha ha, our letters "look like EAT", very funny and original.

We try to counteract it by saying things like "Actually, they stand for SIGMA DELTA TAU, and the secret meaning behind them is very beautiful and special". Or we use it to our advantage, as in "EAT YOUR HEART OUT" or "GREATNESS"

But honestly, it gets so old. And the fact that I've been hearing about people making SDT letters to wear as a joke? Uh uh. It's not Epsilon Alpha Tau, for crying out loud.

Sorry, just had to rant about it...

Anyone else have similar letter misconceptions or ways of handling it?

[knight_shadow]

Did you just initiate or something?

Also, GDIs make these jokes all the time. You get over it.

[Drolefille]

Ex-asshole boyfriend liked to call Sigma Kappa "eek"

I feel your pain.

And honestly you can correct people but usually it's half-sarcastic anyway. I don't feel an urge to "do" anything about it anymore. Not my fault they were too stupid to pay attention to what a Sigma looks like.

[KSUViolet06]

I got the obvious "EEE" or "SSS" a lot from non-Greeks. Not a huge deal.I found it more funny than anything.

[honeychile]

ADP seems to be some sort of chemical abbreviation. It does bug me.

[Psi U MC Vito]

See we don't have that problem because both of our letters are obviously greek lol. Though I do sometimes see people write it in English as YU and I can't figure out why for the life of me.

[LucyKKG]

I get jokes about "KKK" sometimes. People just think they're being clever when they have NO idea what Greek letters even are much less what their significance is.

[LikeASista]

I never know what to say when someone looks at my AKA t-shirt and yells, "Also-known-as WHAT?"

[MysticCat]

I can't say I've run into the problem for us. Phi seems to be one of the few distinctively Greek letters lots of people recognize, and the letters together don't resemble an English word.

Originally Posted by peppermint23

We try to counteract it by saying things like "Actually, they stand for SIGMA DELTA TAU, and the secret meaning behind them is very beautiful and special".

My guess is that you diffuse the "joke" much more effectively if you don't let it get to you and find a way to laugh along. I can see the response quoted sounding pedantic and leading to some eye rolling.

Originally Posted by LikeASista

I never know what to say when someone looks at my AKA t-shirt and yells, "Also-known-as WHAT?"

Also known as . . .

. . . Awesome?

. . . Outstanding?

. . . The Best?

Take your pick and make it work for you.

[MaggieXi]

Axid is a heartburn/stomach medication.
You learn to get over these types of things.

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by LikeASista

I never know what to say when someone looks at my AKA t-shirt and yells, "Also-known-as WHAT?"

My little bro in APO saw a flier that said AKA Party and asked me "Also known as a party? What else would it be called?"

lol

[LaneSig]

Sigma Chi always gets, "Why does your shirt say 'ex'?"

[IrishLake]

I once had a shirt that said something about "Thetas" and people would ask me all the time "What does 'The Tas' mean?"

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by IrishLake

I once had a shit

LOL

[littleowl33]

Originally Posted by IrishLake

I once had a shirt that said something about "Thetas" and people would ask me all the time "What does 'The Tas' mean?"

This reminds of when the Theta chapter on my campus put up a huuuge recruitment banner on the breezeway (a central part of campus) that just said "THETA." and a non-greek friend of mine told me it was something about TA appreciation. TA, as in Teaching Assistant. I guess she thought it was supposed to emphasize the importance of THE TA?