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12-03-2007, 11:41 AM
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Hopefully they won't now that you've called them out.  |
I wouldn't put money on that. We've seen this debate so many times, and I know I've seen people explain why it's a horrible example, and then we see someone throw it out there again 15 posts later, after the thread dies and then gets bumped.
It may take another n00b and a year or two, but it will happen. 
As the frat/fraternity debate grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving "country" approaches one. - AlphaFrog's Law #2
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12-03-2007, 11:52 AM
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I wouldn't put money on that. We've seen this debate so many times, and I know I've seen people explain why it's a horrible example, and then we see someone throw it out there again 15 posts later, after the thread dies and then gets bumped.
It may take another n00b and a year or two, but it will happen.
As the frat/fraternity debate grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving "country" approaches one. - AlphaFrog's Law #2 |
Well let's keep this new thread going. 
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12-03-2007, 11:53 AM
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As the frat/fraternity debate grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving "country" approaches one. - AlphaFrog's Law #2
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LOL! So what's AlphaFrog's First Law?
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My farternity chapter uses "fraternity" and we call each other out when one of calls us a "frat." I like the country analogy.
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Sorry -- I know it was a typo, but it was a humorously ironic typo.
And whether you like the country analogy doesn't really make it any better an analogy. It's a stupid analogy because it compares apples and oranges. However much you may dislike the word "frat," that word is not and never has been considered an obscenity.
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12-03-2007, 11:44 AM
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My farternity chapter uses "fraternity" and we call each other out when one of calls us a "frat." I like the country analogy.
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12-03-2007, 11:48 AM
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I like the country analogy.
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12-03-2007, 11:53 AM
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LOL @ the picture and your "receipt" signature.
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12-03-2007, 02:57 PM
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LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!
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12-03-2007, 11:54 AM
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My farternity chapter uses "fraternity" and we call each other out when one of calls us a "frat." I like the country analogy.
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Perhaps an edit in the first 2 words is desirable?
And wow, AF, within 3 minutes of your prediction! That must be a record!
ETA: And I wondered about the "PhiGam" thing too when I first saw the username, the FIJIs on my campus were militant about ONLY being called FIJI.
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12-03-2007, 11:55 AM
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And wow, AF, within 3 minutes of your prediction! That must be a record!
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Seriously, it got posted WHILE I was posting my response to AF (so mine looks like I didn't read the thread).
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12-03-2007, 11:56 AM
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lmaooooo...
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12-03-2007, 02:16 PM
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Perhaps an edit in the first 2 words is desirable?
And wow, AF, within 3 minutes of your prediction! That must be a record!
ETA: And I wondered about the "PhiGam" thing too when I first saw the username, the FIJIs on my campus were militant about ONLY being called FIJI.
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Yes, PhiGam is a southern thing.
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12-03-2007, 05:55 PM
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How long before someone brings up the "You wouldn't call your country...." example???  |
I left it alone this time, AlphaFrog! 
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12-04-2007, 06:35 AM
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12-11-2007, 09:15 PM
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a little OT, but since you brought up the "what do you call your country"...
I was at my grandmothers for, I believe, thanksgiving last year. I was sitting between my two cousins at the table (just the 3 of us at this table). The older one commented on my letters and called it a 'frat'. So I was like "I'm not in a frat..." that confused him so I explained its a fraternity "Same difference" "Well if you call your fraternity a frat, what do you call your country?" He looks at me for a second or two... "Um, America?" Said it again & he still didn't get it... His younger brother & I got a good laugh out of it though
PS Alphafrog... LOVE the sig file
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12-11-2007, 09:48 PM
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"Well if you call your fraternity a frat, what do you call your country?"
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I feel so stupid! I didn't get the "country" reference until this post! Ahhhh the hilarity!
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