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Originally Posted by Jen
I always get a clue that people might be Greek themselves when they say Alpha FEE instead of FIE. It always makes me ask if they were Greek because unless you are, that's something you probably won't know.
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Not necessarily. I've run into quite a few non-Greek people who pronounce it FEE, which is the standard British pronunciation and seems also to be used by some in the science and math context. I can still hear one person, who I know wasn't Greek, from 30 years ago seeing me wearing letters and saying "Ah, you're in Fee Mu Alpha."
On the other hand, Alpha FEE rather than Alpha FIE is something I learned here at GreekChat, long after my college days. We didn't have Alpha Phi at my school, so I didn't know to use FEE. Ditto Alpha Xi Delta.
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