Definition of "Chapter"

[33girl]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

I wonder how they come up with the ideas for chapter names...I'm glad I didn't have to!

Ain't that the truth. It's hard enough to agree on favors for the formal, I can't imagine the discussions that go into something as huge as a chapter name!!

[Psi U MC Vito]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

I wonder how they come up with the ideas for chapter names...I'm glad I didn't have to!

Agreed. It's funny, to this day the people in my chapter don't even know how we picked our chapter name.

[PhiMuMagnolia]

Originally Posted by violetpretty

A few exceptions in the NPC:


*Alpha Gamma Delta names chapters by region. The first Greek letter is the region designation and the second is the order in which that chapter was chartered within the region. (Thank you VandalSquirrel!) Any Phi Mus correct me if I am wrong, but I believe Phi Mu also does this too.

Violetpretty, you're right about Phi Mu- example, the PA chapters usually start with Beta or Phi (Beta Mu, Beta Tau, Phi Lambda, Phi Kappa)

[Psi U MC Vito]

You could, but there is usually some sort of meaning behind the letters. Why do you want to make your own instead of joining an existing one? Also why the letters in your user name.

[Psi U MC Vito]

I forgot to mention not all GLO that use Greek Letters for the Chapter names go by order. Like our first chapter was the Theta Chapter, not the Alpha Chapter. Those organizations that do that have specific reasons for the chapter names.

[Elephant Walk]

Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito

I forgot to mention not all GLO that use Greek Letters for the Chapter names go by order. Like our first chapter was the Theta Chapter, not the Alpha Chapter. Those organizations that do that have specific reasons for the chapter names.

And Psi for the first chapter of Chi - O at the glorious University of Arkansas.

Btw, Phi Gamma Delta also doesn't follow the "Alpha, Beta, Gamma" format at least post 1900. They designate their chapters by placenames. For instance, the Fayettville, Arkansas chapter is the Phi Alpha chapter. Or FA.

[Gusteau]

From what I've seen the guards are usually the initials of the chapter so "TU" for Transylvania - although many chapter names omit the "university" so they could get away with ordering a "Tau" guard. Likewise our Northwest Missouri chapter can get away with ordering a "Nu Mu" guard but not all chapters (like mine) have Greek-English equivalents.

[Psi U MC Vito]

Ironically the proper letters for the first two actually look like the english equivalent. Is there even a v sound in Greek?

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito

Ironically the proper letters for the first two actually look like the english equivalent.

But then they wouldn't be cool Greek letters

[Psi U MC Vito]

ΦΑΙΘ ΗΟΠΕ ΛΟΒΕ

The proper way to spell it.

[Psi U MC Vito]

Chi Omega, Alpha Epsilon Phi and Delta Phi Epsilon have really interesting systems.

[Shellfish]

Some previous posts about KD chapters' letters:
http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...&postcount=151
http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...&postcount=156

[Ghostwriter]

I think her name looks okay the way it is. Who cares if it is not exactly matching the right letters. It is different.

[Psi U MC Vito]

I think the main reason people are unhappy is that she is using Greek Letters just to look cool, without any meaning behind it. I'm sure people would have been fine if Delta Omega Lambda was the name of a sorority or something.

[Psi U MC Vito]

ah ok. I never heard of Old KA. Learn something new everyday on GC.