Local names for national organizations?

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Originally Posted by tallgreekalum

By SPE, I assume you folks are saying Spee, not S P E? It has been more common in the south, but somtimes up here as well.
We used to call LCA "the Smurfs" because their house was painted blue with white trim. Years afterwards, still smurfs
Our (ADPhi) chapter at Johns Hopkins was known as WaWas after the store in the basement of the old chapter house. Most places we're known as AD or Alpha Delts, but at a few schools, we are known as the phis.

Yes, "Spee" is the pronunciation.

I don't know if I've ever met an ADPhi on these boards. We had them briefly, sort of, at my school. Speaking of SPE... nevermind.

Originally Posted by Thetagirl218

Delta Gamma went by Dee Gees and Kappa Delta went by Kay Dees!

Someone mentioned these earlier (or at least Dee Gee). I don't consider these "nonstandard nicknames" exactly because they're just phonetic spellings of the standard nicknames (DG, KD). But I guess if they're putting them on shirts and stuff that might could be consider nonstandard/unusual.