Cute Greek sayings/traditions

[sigmagirl10]

My mother, who was a TriDelta in the early-mid 70s and has most certainly never watched SNL, told me that they would answer the phone like that in her chapter house.
So obviously SNL got it from somewhere...

[33girl]

I think that Tri Delta did sue them. They used ZTA's name too, and of course there were hosts that wore their letter sweatshirts (John Goodman - Sig Ep and Rob Morrow - TKE) and participated in the skits.

Personally, I thought they were hilarious. I think most sorority members with senses of humor did. SNL just shouldn't have used a real name - the skit would have been just as funny.

ETA: I looked on hulu (where all the SNL clips are) and can't find it.

[jennyj87]

Originally Posted by 33girl

I think that Tri Delta did sue them. They used ZTA's name too, and of course there were hosts that wore their letter sweatshirts (John Goodman - Sig Ep and Rob Morrow - TKE) and participated in the skits.

Personally, I thought they were hilarious. I think most sorority members with senses of humor did. SNL just shouldn't have used a real name - the skit would have been just as funny.

ETA: I looked on hulu (where all the SNL clips are) and can't find it.

If I had a nickel for everytime someone said that to me since I joined in 2007 I'd probably have about 5 dollars.

Didn't ZTA recently trademark the letters "ZTA"? I remember reading something about it on the girl who is the chapter president at my school.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by jennyj87

If I had a nickel for everytime someone said that to me since I joined in 2007 I'd probably have about 5 dollars.

Didn't ZTA recently trademark the letters "ZTA"? I remember reading something about it on the girl who is the chapter president at my school.

The vast majority of us have our letters trademarked, and have for decades, hence the need for Greek Licensing. We have Alpha Gamma Delta, Alpha Gam, our Coat of Arms, and the greek letters of Alpha Gamma Delta all trademarked. (I don't believe that list is all inclusive either).

[AGDAlum]

Originally Posted by sigmagirl10

My mother, who was a TriDelta in the early-mid 70s and has most certainly never watched SNL, told me that they would answer the phone like that in her chapter house.
So obviously SNL got it from somewhere...

SNL began in the mid-70's. I'll bet she watched it back then. (There was a time when we could stay up that late. <g>)

[33girl]

Yeah but the skit wasn't till the 90s.

[BraveMaroon]

As a sidebar, I wonder - do most houses even still have a "house line"? We did, and it was near enough my room that it interrupted more than one good nap.

But I would think that cellphones would render the house phone nearly obsolete.

[Psi U MC Vito]

Originally Posted by BraveMaroon

As a sidebar, I wonder - do most houses even still have a "house line"? We did, and it was near enough my room that it interrupted more than one good nap.

But I would think that cellphones would render the house phone nearly obsolete.

I know at least 2 separate Psi U chapters that have a house phone.

[lyrica9]

Originally Posted by BraveMaroon

As a sidebar, I wonder - do most houses even still have a "house line"? We did, and it was near enough my room that it interrupted more than one good nap.

But I would think that cellphones would render the house phone nearly obsolete.

does it count if we had one listed, but no phone hooked up to the designated jack?

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Yeah but the skit wasn't till the 90s.

I think she was responding to sigmagirl10's statement that her mom, who "was a TriDelta in the early-mid 70s," "has most certainly never watched SNL," not to anything about the Tri-Delta skit in particular.

[sigmagirl10]

Originally Posted by AGDAlum

SNL began in the mid-70's. I'll bet she watched it back then. (There was a time when we could stay up that late. <g>)

I feel like a genius now...and am clearly showing my young age. I didn't realize SNL was around then! Still, I'm fairly sure my mom didn't watch SNL, as even in college she wasn't much of a TV person, though one never knows...Thanks for enlightening me.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by BraveMaroon

As a sidebar, I wonder - do most houses even still have a "house line"? We did, and it was near enough my room that it interrupted more than one good nap.

But I would think that cellphones would render the house phone nearly obsolete.

We somehow managed to have the last house phone in the all sorority hall on campus. It was taken out the summer after my freshman year. Needless to say, pledges or the latest new initiates had to answer it.

Originally Posted by sigmagirl10

I feel like a genius now...and am clearly showing my young age. I didn't realize SNL was around then! Still, I'm fairly sure my mom didn't watch SNL, as even in college she wasn't much of a TV person, though one never knows...Thanks for enlightening me.

If your mother went to school in the 70's and ever left the house, she saw SNL. At any given fraternity party, SNL came on at the appropriate time.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by sigmagirl10

I feel like a genius now...and am clearly showing my young age. I didn't realize SNL was around then! Still, I'm fairly sure my mom didn't watch SNL, as even in college she wasn't much of a TV person, though one never knows...Thanks for enlightening me.

She watched it unless she was a hermit. SNL -- with the original case, the Not-Ready-for-Prime-Time Players -- was a big deal in the 70s if you were in high school, college or recently-out-of-college. You would have been culturally illiterate if you didn't watch it at least sometimes.

And now I feel old.