What have people thought your letters spelled? - Page 9

KSUViolet06 · #1 10-21-2004, 02:47 PM

I get "CCC" and "EEE" alot.

Optimist Prime · #2 10-21-2004, 03:02 PM

Some chapters hate being called OX. Some chapters sell girls t shirts and panties that say I want some OX in my BOX using Thetas. I'll post a link later. Our chapter has never been called OX. We did the Rho Chi on campus so everyone knows who we are. Theta Chi.

BabyPiNK_FL · #3 03-05-2007, 12:21 AM

when it was on my car a toll booth operator asked me

"What is Zero M?" (cos some people write 0 with a strike through it!)

Other sisters have gotten "I-O-M"

Some people just don't even know what to say...Whatever, as long as they're not asking me about OM!

als463 · #4 05-09-2007, 10:06 AM

I went to the store the other day and this kid that I went to high school with was ringing me out. He saw that my shirt had my letters (Phi Mu) on it and it said "Penn State" underneath it because Panhellenic made each chapter buy these shirts for events so we are all uniform. He looked down at my shirt and said-"What's Eye-Ohme"? I had no clue what he was talking about until I realized he was looking at my chest. I had to hold back laughter when I was like, "Um...it's Phi Mu-it's my sorority at Penn State"...He then proceeded to ask me which comes first a Bachelor's degree, Associate's or Master's degree. I was stunned by his questions and just answered them but, all the while I couldn't help but, wonder how someone could graduate high school (even if barely) and not know the order of the degrees....All together-I was stunned by the situation..."EYE-OHME"..honestly....

Manda903 · #5 10-21-2004, 09:20 PM

i can't decide which is more annoying but i hear all of these

triple A..as in the car club

and the triangle refrence

TerryHepner · #6 10-22-2004, 02:29 AM

Hell I have had my letter mistaken by another greek before.

Two years ago I was out at a Remington Park OKC for the Kentucky Derby wearing my letters, Sigma Tau Gamma (STG). In a crowded section of the park, a guy came up to me shook my hand and introduced himself. I thought it was a member from another chapter in Oklahoma, but about telling me his name where he went to school and which horse he was going for he realized that he misread my shirt and thought I was a Sigma Pi (SP).

orchid2 · #7 12-31-2004, 01:12 AM

This is hilarious! I've gotten "What is OIM?" by a random person at the grocery store.

CutiePiPhi · #8 01-01-2005, 09:16 PM

This is kind of random, but it has to do with letters. I'm a Pi Phi and every time I see our letters, I always think of N.B.O. It's from the book "Summer Sisters" and means Never Be Ordinary. Sometimes I refer to Pi Phi as NBO in my head, lol.

WVU alpha phi · #9 01-01-2005, 11:03 PM

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Originally posted by CutiePiPhi
This is kind of random, but it has to do with letters. I'm a Pi Phi and every time I see our letters, I always think of N.B.O. It's from the book "Summer Sisters" and means Never Be Ordinary. Sometimes I refer to Pi Phi as NBO in my head, lol.

That book is the sh*t.

orchid2 · #10 01-02-2005, 12:40 AM

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Originally posted by CutiePiPhi
This is kind of random, but it has to do with letters. I'm a Pi Phi and every time I see our letters, I always think of N.B.O. It's from the book "Summer Sisters" and means Never Be Ordinary. Sometimes I refer to Pi Phi as NBO in my head, lol.

flashback ... Isnt that what wishinhopin named her local?

Wine&SilverBlue · #11 01-02-2005, 01:44 AM

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Originally posted by orchid2
flashback ... Isnt that what wishinhopin named her local?

ahhah i was thinking the same thing!

Xylochick216 · #12 01-02-2005, 11:55 AM

Last night when my family was watching the Texas/Michigan game, my dad thought he saw some fraternity letters and couldn't figure out what they were. He kept saying it was Chi Alpha something, and I couldn't figure it out. I finally realized he was looking at a shirt that said TEXAS and he had only seen half of it. He's still learning about this whole Greek Life thing since his school didn't have it

preciousjeni · #13 01-02-2005, 01:12 PM

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Originally posted by Wine&SilverBlue
ahhah i was thinking the same thing!

For real!
Edited because I didn't realize I was in the wrong thread!

KDwxgrrl · #14 01-02-2005, 02:18 PM

I was wearing KD flip-flops at work one day (I'm a day camp counselor over the summers) and one of my girls said "My mommy has a shirt with K-Triangle on it!" Turns out her mom is a KD alumna!

The year I rushed my Rho Gamma told us that some girl told her that it was cute that she made a Greek letter shirt for her major. Her major was public relations, and the girl thought her shirt said "Pr" instead of rho gamma!

I have some Tri-Delt friends who went to a movie wearing letters, and some guy walked up to them and said "What's with you guys? Do you really like triangles? Are you in some kind of triangle club?"

preciousjeni · #15 03-04-2007, 10:09 PM

Not a misreading, but funny nonetheless...

Last week, I was participating in an in-person session a for work related training program (it's long term so I've developed relationships with my training peers). The gentleman I sat next to for a two-day intensive workshop is a Que. We chatted at length and eventually caught the attention of the Delta sitting to my other side. The three of us hit it off and were "partners" for the rest of the training period.

During the second day, the Que surprised me with a little gift: an Omega lapel pin, because I'm a Quette (wife of an Omega). He told me to wear it with pride and be recognized.

So, I thanked him and went ahead and put it on as a regular pin since I didn't have a lapel. At the end of the day, I was walking out and another participant stopped me and said, "You're a mentor!"

I had no idea what he was talking about until the Que told me that the National Mentoring Partnership had chosen the Omega as their symbol.