Which UCLA frat?

SthrnZeta · #1 10-08-2007, 10:32 AM

The explanation I received in college was: you wouldn't call your country a c**t so you shouldn't call your fraternity a frat.

adpiucf · #2 10-08-2007, 10:36 AM

I'm not going to deny fraternity members who wish others to not use "frat," but I have always thought that analogy to be ridiculous. The c-word is a dirty word in common vernacular, whereas frat does not carry the same connotation.

Regardless, I will never refer to a fraternity as a frat, but it is out of respect to those men who have expressed such. Other fraternity men don't care and call it a frat, frat brothers, etc. I think it depends on where you are from.

AlphaFrog · #3 10-08-2007, 10:37 AM

Didn't we just have this same discussion last week?

DeltAlum · #4 10-08-2007, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

Didn't we just have this same discussion last week?

And last year and several times before.

I don't use the word "frat." Nor do I use "frat brother."

Some do, and that's OK, but personally I think it sounds demeaning.

As for the "c" word analogy -- it's silly.