nitpick - Page 2

CutiePie2000 · #1 04-02-2003, 11:07 AM

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Originally posted by LeslieAGD
Glad I'm not the only English major that was annoyed by this!

One more, chiming in!

Munchkin03 · #2 04-02-2003, 11:23 AM

I'm not an English major, and this makes me CRAZY!

We have all graduated, or are in the throes of college...why are there so many spelling and grammatical errors?

12dn94st, I agree with you. It's not THAT deep. It's just a nickname. There's a way to ask these questions with respect, and frankly, there are a lot of people who don't do that. I had those questions, I asked them, they were answered. I did not continue the discussion any further. Besides, "Divine Nine" just sounds nice.

rushqueen44 · #3 04-02-2003, 11:37 AM

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What bugs me is when girls in my chapter say that they have to go to an NPC meeting. I want to snap them in two. We are in a local sorority, we are not a part of NPC, we are a part of a local panhellenic council through our university. Learn your Greek terminiology!! NPC = National Panhellenic Conference...PC = Panhellenic Council...BIG DIFFERENCE!!

This drives me nuts too, but for a different reason. Unless someone in your chapter has been elected or appointed by your inter/national organization to the role of National Panhellenic Conference Delegate - you are not going to an NPC meeting. You are going to a College Panhellenic Council meeting. You are not your chapter's NPC delegate. You are your chapter's Panhellenic Delegate. There's a difference.

If you have NPC meetings on your campus, then, damn, you must be important. I'd love to know how you get all those ladies to fly in to meet at your school every Tuesday at 4:00 - especially since NPC only meets once a year.

IvySpice · #4 04-02-2003, 01:45 PM

It also drives me up a wall when an individual refers to himself or herself as "an ALUMNI." You can't have one alumni. You're an alumnus or an alumna.

If you aren't sure which to use, just say "alum"; you can't go wrong with an abbreviation.

The copy editor in me refuses to die...Ivy

sigmagrrl · #5 04-02-2003, 02:09 PM

I am on board with all of these gripes. I hate it when anyone calls Panhellenic "Pan hel" ! I HATE THAT! I hate the alumna/alumnae/alumni confusion, and I hate "frat".

I ESPECIALLY HATE WHEN SOMEONE REFERS TO US AS TRI SIG!
Please feel free to use any of the following:
* SIGMA
* TRI SIGMA
* SIGMA 3
* SIGMA SIGMA SIGMA
* SIGMA TRI

THANKS!

CrimsonTide4 · #6 04-02-2003, 02:28 PM

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Originally posted by sigmagrrl
I am on board with all of these gripes. I hate it when anyone calls Panhellenic "Pan hel" ! I HATE THAT! I hate the alumna/alumnae/alumni confusion, and I hate "frat".

I ESPECIALLY HATE WHEN SOMEONE REFERS TO US AS TRI SIG!
Please feel free to use any of the following:
* SIGMA
* TRI SIGMA
* SIGMA 3
* SIGMA SIGMA SIGMA
* SIGMA TRI

THANKS!

Would Sigma to the 3rd Power work?

CutiePie2000 · #7 04-02-2003, 02:32 PM

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Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
Would Sigma to the 3rd Power work?

You are a cheeky one!

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Originally posted by sigmagrrl
I ESPECIALLY HATE WHEN SOMEONE REFERS TO US AS TRI SIG!

It's not my intention to "excuse anyone", however, it might be because that other "Tri" sorority, Tri Delta is sometimes called "Tri Delts"...so perhaps people just presume that Tri Sig is fine too. I, too, thought that Tri Sig was ok, until Tracey (TriSigmaTX) set me straight!!

sigmagrrl · #8 04-02-2003, 02:33 PM

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Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
Would Sigma to the 3rd Power work?

YES! ANYTHING BUT TRI SIG!!!!!!! ICK, I even hate TYPING it!
Hell, we even used Sigma cubed!

CrimsonTide4 · #9 04-02-2003, 02:35 PM

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Originally posted by CutiePie2000
You are a cheeky one!

I just wanted to know.

We did not have Sigma to the 3rd Power on our campus. So I want to make sure I use the right terminology.

recentASAalum · #10 04-02-2003, 08:14 PM

is the use of "tri-sig" a national thing because I have heard many members of our sigma sigma sigma chapter refer to themeselves that way... is it a personal preference or a national preference???

nyrdrms · #11 04-02-2003, 09:40 PM

Can I just say that I'm glad I'm not the only one who gets annoyed by others confusing their terms? (And no, I'm not an English major

)

Dionysus · #12 04-02-2003, 09:48 PM

It's ALLLpha(Alpha)- not AAAAAlpha

It's Zeeeee(Xi)- not zeye

It's Pheye(Phi)- not Pheeeee (unless Alpha Phi)

It's Keye(Chi)- not sheye or cheye

It's Oooopsilon or Yooopsilon(Upsilon)- not Uppppsilon

It's Taw(Tau)- not towel

It's Pie(Pi)- not pee

LeslieAGD · #13 04-02-2003, 09:55 PM

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Originally posted by MysticCat81
Of course, the difference is only noticeable when written. In speaking, there is no difference between "Pan-Hel" and "Panhel" or "Pan-Hellenic" and "Panhellenic." Which probably adds to the confusion.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong (and I know if I'm wrong someone will -

), but I always thought that in "Panhellenic" (NPC) the "h" was silent. So technically, pronounced, wouldn't it be "pan-ell-en-ic" for NPC and "pan-hell-en-ic" for NPHC?

Tom Earp · #14 04-02-2003, 11:59 PM

Spell Check?

Bull Sh*T. No earpspeak! DA!

The reason Tri-Sigma gets upset? I always knew them in college was Tri-Sigs! Learned not the thing to say! Ask a Tri-Sigma for the answer!

Oh, I was not an English Major, and dont type worth a SH*T either!

Tide, snidness unbecomes you.

Get down on me if you want, I have narrow shoulders and a fat belly!

They have their reasons just as you and yours do about what is said about your Soroity!

I did not understand when the first time I heard Lamda Chop. Choppers, hell still dont know for sure, but I go with da flow!

MysticCat · #15 04-03-2003, 11:04 AM

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Originally posted by LeslieAGD
Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I always thought that in "Panhellenic" (NPC) the "h" was silent.

Not according to my dictionary.