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Old 02-03-2012, 08:13 PM
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You really expect the intellectual giants who would come up with a nickname like that to understand the difference between Φ and Π or to wrap their minds around the idea that just because Φ becomes two letters (PH) in English, it doesn't work that way in Greek?

(I've even seen some Greeks do things like try to spell Alpha in Greek letters, only they spell it ΑΛΠΗΑ instead of ΑΛΦΑ.)
I'd agree with you, were it not for the fact that a National Social GLO misspells the greek spelling for Theta in their crest.
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Old 02-05-2012, 10:29 AM
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I'd agree with you, were it not for the fact that a National Social GLO misspells the greek spelling for Theta in their crest.
Had to go double-check! Confession: For a long time I thought "Theta" was misspelled in our COA.

I never mastered the phonetics of the written Greek Alphabet. Interestingly, I can transcribe many sounds using the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) and used to be fairly accomplished at diacritical markings (fine rather than broad transcription). However, those dendrites were pruned a long time ago, due to disuse, and it's doubtful that I'll grow new ones in that area.
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Old 02-05-2012, 06:26 PM
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The misspelling

The letter Theta in greek is spelled Theta-Eta-Tau-Alpha, this particular group spells it Theta-Epsilon-Tau-Alpha.

Maybe fixing their coat of arms should be something on the To-do list for their Centennial.
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