Embarrsing another GDI wearing Greek Shirts

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

To be clear, I didn't say it is ill-mannered to embarrass someone. I said it is ill-mannered to intentionally embarrass someone. If one's intent is to let some non-member know that they shouldn't be wearing letters, then there's not necessarily any intentional embarrassment even if there is actual embarrassment.

Rationales vary.

Originally Posted by MysticCat

But I'll defer to your wisdom and insight. This time.

Don't patronize me. LOL.

Originally Posted by MysticCat

There are ways to get your point across to an @$$ without being an @$$ youself.

Sometimes. Sometimes not. That's why rationales vary and it depends on the context.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Don't patronize me. LOL.

I wasn't patronizing you.

This time.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

I wasn't patronizing you.

This time.

*stealing your coffee*

NOW WHAT?!

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

*stealing your coffee*

NOW WHAT?!

Careful, or I just may form some intent to embarrass you.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by Ill-Mannered MysticCat

Careful, or I just may form some intent to embarrass you.

*backing awaaaaay from the keyboard*

[33girl]

Here's the thing...stitched letters haven't been around since the dawn of GLOs. Look at some yearbooks (from ANY school) from the 1960s or 1970s, and I'll bet even if people are wearing letters or jersey-type shirts, there isn't a stitched letter in the bunch. It's all screen print.

MC - I get what you are saying but I highly doubt there is anything WRITTEN in any national GLO's policies that differentiates between types of letters (stitched vs screen print). It's all campus culture silliness.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by 33girl

MC - I get what you are saying but I highly doubt there is anything WRITTEN in any national GLO's policies that differentiates between types of letters (stitched vs screen print). It's all campus culture silliness.

Well of course I'd be surprised if there was any national GLO policy about stitched letters. I'm just saying it's likely one of those things that over time has warped from "only members wear letters in a way that could be seen as a sign of membership" to "only members wear stitched letters," without much thought being given to the reason of the distinction. It just became tradition, and like lots of traditions people don't necessarily remember how it started.

And it may not have been the case everywhere, but jerseys with stitched letters were quite common around here in the 70s; I remember more of them than I do screen printed letters.