Why do must non-NPHC Greeks Don't know the Greek alphabets

[WCUgirl]

I can recite the Greek Alphabet - and very quickly at that.

Do you have a match? We can have a pissing contest and see who can say it through the most times before getting burned.

In all seriousness, why does it matter? What does knowing the Greek alphabet have anything to do w/ being a good or bad sister/brother, or make any umbrella group superior to another?

I'd rather have my members know what their letters mean and live it in their daily lives, than to challenge their knowledge of the alphabet of a language they don't use every day.

But that's just me.

ETA: Is there more than one Greek alphabet? The O.P. keeps referring to the "Greek alphabets" so I might be confused...

[starang21]

can spit it backwards and forwards. used to be crisp.

[kddani]

if you're going to be critical of someone or a group you should probably have your own isht in place first, such as writing a subject line in english.

[tunatartare]

Originally posted by AXiD670
ETA: Is there more than one Greek alphabet? The O.P. keeps referring to the "Greek alphabets" so I might be confused...

But of course! Modern and Ancient Greek!

[sigtau305]

I can still do the greek alphabet pretty fast.

[cash78mere]

i can rattle it off--piece of cake.

you have to wonder where people get all this "information" about things that the NPC and IFC members can't do that NPHC members can, especially after graduation. have they actually SPOKEN to people who were initiated 30 years ago or are they ASSUMING. my guess is they're assuming.

what does it even matter if you could recite it when you're 53? it doesn't make you a better brother or sister.

[wvuques]

Originally posted by kddani
if you're going to be critical of someone or a group you should probably have your own isht in place first, such as writing a subject line in english.

Hmm, I don't remember being critical about any group! I was simple asking a question and this forum answer it…….. By the defensive positions some of you have taken….. It leaves me to believe that you think your organization may have some challenges with regard to reciting the Greek alphabet,…….. Just as AXiD670 stated “I'd rather have my members know what their letters mean and live it in their daily lives, than to challenge their knowledge of the alphabet of a language they don't use every day.” My question is, “How can someone live them without knowing them”.

If you are offended by my question! Well….. you might be in the wrong topic. You may need to visit the RUSH ROOM or something.
Nu Zeta Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. at West Virginia University

[preciousjeni]

I have known it forward and backward now since around 1997. I was never made to do the match test, but I did it to myself to hone my skills. (I'm not sure how you all did your match test but I did mine saying it forward first, then backward, before the match burned me. Is that how you all did it??)

[preciousjeni]

Originally posted by wvuques
Hmm, I don't remember being critical about any group! I was simple asking a question and this forum answer it…….. By the defensive positions some of you have taken….. It leaves me to believe that you think your organization may have some challenges with regard to reciting the Greek alphabet,…….. Just as AXiD670 stated “I'd rather have my members know what their letters mean and live it in their daily lives, than to challenge their knowledge of the alphabet of a language they don't use every day.” My question is, “How can someone live them without knowing them”.

If you are offended by my question! Well….. you might be in the wrong topic. You may need to visit the RUSH ROOM or something.
Nu Zeta Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. at West Virginia University

wvuques, this isn't Kazo - you might be a little too rough for GC. (LOLOLOLOL!)

[wvuques]

Originally posted by KLPDaisy
But of course! Modern and Ancient Greek!

Dam ......... I think I'm in the wrong forum again. We have english teachers in here. Whom never make a mistake!

[dzandiloo]

Every member of my chapter learned it & was tested on it before initiation...that was about 17 years ago, and I can still recite it easily. Same w/Mr. DZandiloo and his LXA brothers. When I traveled as a consultant, I recall most, if not all, chapters included it in their pledge curriculum & at several of the schools I visited had Rush convocation at which all the NPC sororities would sing it in unison...seems to me it was pretty well known by the NPC's I encountered at the time....

[wvuques]

Originally posted by preciousjeni
wvuques, this isn't Kazo - you might be a little too rough for GC. (LOLOLOLOL!)

The more responses this topic receives, It seems like "KAZO",….. But should I have expected less...... Hmm!

[kddani]

Originally posted by wvuques


If you are offended by my question! Well….. you might be in the wrong topic. You may need to visit the RUSH ROOM or something.

If I were you I wouldn't tell people what "room" they should be in or what topics they should talk about. You posted in my GLO forum's roll call thread

not sure what you're talking about with the "rush room"

[starang21]

Originally posted by wvuques
The more responses this topic receives, It seems like "KAZO",….. But should I have expected less...... Hmm!

seems like kazo?

shheeeeiiiiiiiitttttt!!!!!!

[WCUgirl]

Originally posted by wvuques
My question is, “How can someone live them without knowing them”.

I don't understand what you're asking. I don't HAVE to know the entire Greek alphabet to know what my letters mean. Do you?

Are you saying that non-NPHC members forget the meaning behind their letters? Or are you saying they cannot as readily recite the Greek alphabet, as in, "Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon..." etc.?