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Originally posted by ariesrising
I know some groups started with non-Greek letter names (Alpha Delta Pi, Phi Mu etc)....why change to Greek letters? What began the trend of using them as opposed to other names, languages etc?
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AlphaSigOU gives a very good answer as to how the use of Greek letters was started.
It should be borne in mind, however, that as time went on, Greek letters were, in some instances, used in imitation of existing groups as much as anything. Thus, the Adelphian (itself a Greek-derived word) Society changed its name to Alpha Delta Pi, the I.C. Sorosis to Pi Beta Phi, the Philomethean Society to Phi Mu, and we added the Greek letters to our existing name (the Sinfonia).
It should also be borne in mind that one should not assume that Greek letters always stand for Greek words. Again, the use of Greek letters by many groups may have been fueled primarily by imitation.
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