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12-02-2007, 11:45 PM
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"Frat" vs. "Fraternity"
I see a lot of people on here use "frat" even though I thought that was a strictly GDI term. Are there others on here that only say fraternity as well?
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12-02-2007, 11:52 PM
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It all depends on the type of fraternity and the context.
I call NPHC fraternities "frat" sometimes and they often refer to each other as such.
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12-02-2007, 11:53 PM
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12-02-2007, 11:56 PM
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Yea, if something hasn't been discussed in a year then I think its ok to make a new thread.
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12-02-2007, 11:59 PM
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Yea, if something hasn't been discussed in a year then I think its ok to make a new thread.
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12-03-2007, 12:07 AM
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Yea, if something hasn't been discussed in a year then I think its ok to make a new thread.
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Yeah, I agree.
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12-03-2007, 12:16 AM
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Originally Posted by PhiGam
I see a lot of people on here use "frat" even though I thought that was a strictly GDI term. Are there others on here that only say fraternity as well?
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Jesus, not this topic again... 
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12-03-2007, 01:26 AM
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Yea, if something hasn't been discussed in a year then I think its ok to make a new thread.
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i would give it at least two years. and even then id encourage the poster to search and bump the existing thread. unless a thread that was time-sensitive an the existing thread(s) doesnt apply anymore.
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12-03-2007, 01:31 AM
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Originally Posted by PhiGam
I see a lot of people on here use "frat" even though I thought that was a strictly GDI term. Are there others on here that only say fraternity as well?
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Maybe GDI's don't like being referred to as GDI's...
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12-03-2007, 01:50 AM
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I know some GDI's love to be called GDI's and some don't for the 'god damn' implication. I use the term 'frat' when speaking to my brothers, however when I speak to outsiders, especially those who don't seem to 'get' the Greek system, I say fraternity just to leave the 'frat' connotation out of the mix. At my chapter, I was kind of a nazi about this. If I saw a member calling us a 'frat' to a pledge, I would step in and explain how we were not a 'frat.' Of course, some fraternities are a 'frat' and all fraternities have 'frat' chapters, and well if they want to use it, more power to them!
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12-03-2007, 02:09 AM
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I personally feel it's a matter of who's saying it. A lot of my friends use frat just because it's quicker to say than fraternity - yes, a whole three syllables longer I realize, but still.
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12-03-2007, 02:36 AM
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Maybe GDI's don't like being referred to as GDI's...
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haha, as an inside joke my chapter calls them Gamma Delta Iotas
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12-03-2007, 02:50 AM
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i call my fraternity frat, and i call my fraternity brothers, frat...
but thats just how us NPHCers do...
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12-03-2007, 06:29 AM
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How long before someone brings up the "You wouldn't call your country...." example???
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12-03-2007, 08:55 AM
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Originally Posted by PhiGam
I see a lot of people on here use "frat" even though I thought that was a strictly GDI term. Are there others on here that only say fraternity as well?
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I'm curious to know why you go by Phi Gam? I know that very few Phi Gamma Delta chapters use that nickname, most use FIJI. Why does your chapter (or you) use it?
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