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[AZ-AlphaXi]

Also, just to be accruate ... Farmhouse and Triangle Fraternities are also NIC members who don't have Greek letter names. From their websites .. Triangle doesn't seem to be International but Farmhouse is.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by AZ-AlphaXi

Also, just to be accruate ... Farmhouse and Triangle Fraternities are also NIC members who don't have Greek letter names. From their websites .. Triangle doesn't seem to be International but Farmhouse is.

But unlike Acacia (and Sinfonia), neither Triangle or FarmHouse use a Greek word as their name, which is the claim that TechTransfer is making about Acacia. I imagine that's why the Acacia national website words it this way: "Acacia distinguishes itself from other fraternities by being one of three (inter)national fraternities that uses a word instead of Greek letters; Acacia is the only (inter)national fraternity to have a Greek word rather than Greek letters as its name."

[Tom Earp]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

But unlike Acacia (and Sinfonia), neither Triangle or FarmHouse use a Greek word as their name, which is the claim that TechTransfer is making about Acacia. I imagine that's why the Acacia national website words it this way: "Acacia distinguishes itself from other fraternities by being one of three (inter)national fraternities that uses a word instead of Greek letters; Acacia is the only (inter)national fraternity to have a Greek word rather than Greek letters as its name."

To maybe corect you a bit, it is Phi Mu Sinfonia.

Acacia, Farm House, nor Triangle use Greek Letters.

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by Tom Earp

To maybe corect you a bit, it is Phi Mu Sinfonia.

Acacia, Farm House, nor Triangle use Greek Letters.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by Tom Earp

To maybe corect you a bit, it is Phi Mu Sinfonia.

Acacia, Farm House, nor Triangle use Greek Letters.

Holy Crap, Earpus, I think you've reached a new level of drunken posts.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Tom Earp

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:

Originally Posted by TechTransfer

Acacia (uh-kay-shuh) is the only international social fraternity to have a Greek word rather than Greek letters as its name.

I responded:

Originally Posted by MysticCat

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.

[Tom Earp]

OOPs forgot one word. My bad!

Holy crap Alphafroggie, you are wrong again as usual!

"Holy Crap, Earpus, I think you've reached a new level of drunken posts."

Acacia I do not beleive is in the Greek Alphabet.

So, how about getting back to the original posters question!

[Senusret I]

Acacia is a Greek word.

Where is the freaking confusion here?

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

Acacia is a Greek word.

Where is the freaking confusion here?

DA Senusret At Pitt State they taught ous abourt Greeks and it is right to correct Fellow Greeks about their own organizations.

Perahps YOU are not aware about Alpha Pi Alpha's Alumnae Initiation programs! They are the wave of the future!

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

Acacia is a Greek word.

Where is the freaking confusion here?

None, except that Tom thinks AF was riding him for saying Acacia doesn't have a Greek letter in its name, when she was actually riding him for correcting me on the name of my fraternity and getting it wrong himself.

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by GeekyPenguin

DA Senusret At Pitt State they taught ous abourt Greeks and it is right to correct Fellow Greeks about their own organizations.

Perahps YOU are not aware about Alpha Pi Alpha's Alumnae Initiation programs! They are the wave of the future!

Girl, I almost blacked out for a minute and thought you were really him, LOL

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

None, except that Tom thinks AF was riding him for saying Acacia doesn't have a Greek letter in its name, when she was actually riding him for correcting me on the name of my fraternity and getting it wrong himself.

Thought so!

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

Girl, I almost blacked out for a minute and thought you were really him, LOL

I am glad to know that Drama and the Law will not be a necessary seminar for me.

TechTransfer, one thing I would suggest is going around to all the sorority meetings at the beginning of the semester (with notice, of course!) and introducing yourselves and asking them to submit names of unaffiliated men who they think would be a good addition to Acacia. When I was an undergraduate member a fraternity did this every semester and always got a handful of new guys from the process.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

None, except that Tom thinks AF was riding him for saying Acacia doesn't have a Greek letter in its name, when she was actually riding him for correcting me on the name of my fraternity and getting it wrong himself.

I think you mean "corect"ing you.

This is bringing back certain flashbacks of a certain thread in which a certain someone tried to "school" me about a certain university which has a co-op program, as well as a certain sorority and a certain fraternity.

[TechTransfer]

AlphaFrog, if you'll look at our website now, you'll see the 'coming soon' banner is gone. Any other critiques on it?

GeekyPenguin, that's an interesting suggestion. I don't think anyone on this campus has ever tried that, but I'm all about new ideas. I'll give it a shot.

And on the name subject- Acacia is a Greek word. It's originally the name of a plant, a bushy evergreen with gold flowers that grows in the middle east. Acacia got it as a name because it's significant to Freemasons (being one, I would know). But the word is very definitely Greek.