Another new sorority... Iota Theta Eta???

[Serenity]

Originally Posted by pinkies up

wait a minute...wasn't this on the Da Vinci Code??

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[SWTXBelle]

Not the Da Vinci code -she's speaking in tongues!

Pronunciation guidelines? Does anyone here who isn't an ITwhatever have any trouble pronouncing Greek? I can even say Gamma Phi Beta and Alpha Phi correctly - and Alpha Xi is a piece of cake.

( I disliked my linguistics class - it was the only one I didn't like in grad school.)

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

Pronunciation guidelines? Does anyone here who isn't an ITwhatever have any trouble pronouncing Greek? I can even say Gamma Phi Beta and Alpha Phi correctly - and Alpha Xi is a piece of cake.

I have always heard Gamma Phi Beta with a long I in Phi.
Is Alpha Phi with the long E instead?

[SWTXBelle]

Yep - and those Alpha Phis hate it when you call them Alpha "PhI "instead of Alpha "Phee".

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

Pronunciation guidelines? Does anyone here who isn't an ITwhatever have any trouble pronouncing Greek? I can even say Gamma Phi Beta and Alpha Phi correctly - and Alpha Xi is a piece of cake.

If you really pronounce Xi the "Greek" way rather than the "American Greek" way, I am impressed.

But not as impressed as I'll be if the ITEs pronounce Iota the correct Greek way.

[SWTXBelle]

There's the whole "Alpha Xi Delta" vs. "Theta Xi" - I'm good with both, but can't remember which is "American Greek" and which is "Greek Greek". I know, I know - I have to admit I didn't study my Greek as much as I should have. I cheat and have my husband the Greek teacher help me out!

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

There's the whole "Alpha Xi Delta" vs. "Theta Xi" - I'm good with both, but can't remember which is "American Greek" and which is "Greek Greek". I know, I know - I have to admit I didn't study my Greek as much as I should have. I cheat and have my husband the Greek teacher help me out!

Xi is the Greek equivalent of the English X, and the "Greek Greek" pronunciation is "Ksee," with both the k and the s sounds being pronounced.

English speakers are not used to beginning words with a "ks" sound, so we have anglicized all words borrowed from Greek that begin with X, including Xi (and xylophone and Xerxes), by replacing the "ks" sound with a "z" sound.

So,
Ksee is Greek Greek
Zee is Anglicized Greek
Zi is Americanized Greek

[SWTXBelle]

No wonder I look at my husband funny when he's reading Greek!
Mystic Cat - do any of the GLOs use the "Greek Greek"?? (am now practicing . . .it's hard !)

[ladygreek]

I met some really old heads Omegas once (yes older than me) who pronounced their fraternity Omega Psee Phee.