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Originally posted by AlethiaSi
alpha- father
beta- bed
gamma- go sing
delta- do
epsilon- met
zeta- edge
eta- prey
theta- this
iota- pie
kappa- kill
lambda- land
mu- men
nu- no
xi (there is no meaning)
omicron- obey
pi- pet
rho- rug
sigma- sit
tau- tell
upsilon (there is no meaning)
phi- graphic
chi- rich
psi- hipp
omega- tone
these are the real meanings from our pledge books- one of my sisters just sent them to me... and obviously they were randon because that was all i could remember at the time.....
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Actually these are keys to pronunciation of Greek letters using common English words.
xi = as in 'xylophone' ('zie' is the common pronunciation, but 'zee' is closer to actual Greek)
upsilon = as in 'oops'
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