Confused about pronunciation!

[bubbles17]

Hi!

I too am in hs. How is Gamma Phi Beta and Pi Beta Phi prononced then? Is it "fee"? (My reasoning is because it follows the vowel 'a' in Gamma and then Beta.)

Also, when they shorten Pi Beta Phi to PiPhi, is it also "fee"?

Thanks for reading!

P.S. I have heard Phi Mu pronounced a whole lot of ways! I have heard "Fee Mew" and then "Fee Moo" and then "Fie Mew"...does anone know which is correct?

[This message has been edited by bubbles17 (edited February 25, 2001).]

[cash78mere]

Originally posted by bubbles17:

How is Gamma Phi Beta and Pi Beta Phi prononced then? Is it "fee"? (My reasoning is because it follows the vowel 'a' in Gamma and then Beta.)

Bubbles-

Gamma and Pi are not vowels. When someone says 'it follows a vowel' they don't mean the last letter in the greek letter. (ex: the 'a' in Gamma and the 'i' in Pi) Rather, it means that follows an ACTUAL vowel in the greek language. I'm not sure what all of the Greek vowels are besides alpha. THey are both FI not FEE.

[CutiePie2000]

The only "fee" that I know of is:
Alpha Phi (fee)
The rest are "fie" (to the best of my knowledge).

The men's groups is:
Phi (Fie) Gamma Delta, but the nickname is Fee-G.

Hope that this helps!

[mgdzkm433]

I learned them all as rhyming with PIE

Phi = F(p)ie
Xi= Z(p)ie
Chi= C(p)ie

[Tom Earp]

As I sasid before, the letters ar Greek and pronounced only one way!!!!

[matthewg]

Originally posted by Tom Earp:
As I sasid before, the letters ar Greek and pronounced only one way!!!!

Tom Earp, I totally agree. However, how should everybody know? Unfortunately, I just know a few from Greek friends (I mean from Greece).
Xi for example in the Greek language is pronounces as if you would write it in English like ksee, Chi, like "chee" but with a sound deep from your throat that almost sounds like a cough to a lot of people. Unfortunately our X actually means "chee" in Greece and the Xi has a different letter that I cannot type here - that causes even more confusion.
Phi is pronounced "phee" and T as in cow but with a t, just as a lot of others stated previously.
Just my 25 cents, don't want to sound smarta$$ but Tom Earp is awfully right!

[This message has been edited by matthewg (edited February 26, 2001).]