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Originally Posted by AOII Angel
I've been asked what A O T T means.
I read the post about people being confused about Alpha Phi pronouncing Phi as Phee. My husband is half-Greek...not by initiation but by birth to a man who immigrated from Greece. He says we pronounce many of the greek letters wrong. AOII should be Alpha Omicron Pee not Pie. Phi is pronounced Phee since there is no "I" sound in the greek language. Iota is Yota. I could go on but I won't!
I'm an A-O, A-O Cutie Cutie Pi!
And I'll be one til the day, the day I die!
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I like this post. See, I used to teach NT Greek and we went over this stuff in differentiating between the ancient and Modern Greek pronunciations. In my Fraternity, you can tell who are real "old school" brothers (made in the '40s or older) by the way they pronounce Omega in the name of the Fraternity. Not "O-may-ga" but "O-me-ga." This is in accordance with proper pronunciation.