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Old 01-04-2008, 04:12 PM
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To maybe corect you a bit, it is Phi Mu Sinfonia.

Acacia, Farm House, nor Triangle use Greek Letters.
To maybe correct you a little bit, it is Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. I think I know the name of the fraternity of which I have been brother for over 25 years.

And yes, I know we use a combination of Greek letters and a Greek word -- although that was not the case for our first 50 years, and it is still correct and very common to refer to the Fraternity simply as "Sinfonia." (Brothers are called Sinfonians.) That's why, when TechTransfer suggested this language:
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Acacia (uh-kay-shuh) is the only international social fraternity to have a Greek word rather than Greek letters as its name.
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Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia also has a Greek word as (part of) its name.
(Emphasis added.)

Acacia has a Greek word as its name. Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia has a Greek word as part of its formal name and as a traditional name. Triangle and FarmHouse have English words as their names.
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