Symbol "Quirks"

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by thetygerlily

I cringe every time I see a backwards key associated with Kappa. It should be just like our badge- handle on the left, teeth to the right. The direction isn't official, but it might as well be considering that every single official Kappa item has the key pointing in only one direction.

I'm also picky about how my fleurs de lis look, but that's more of a style preference than being wrong.

FWIW, the key facing the wrong way drives me up a wall, too!

It's allowed, but using an African Violet instead of a standard wild violet makes me crazy, but I think it's because I have two brown thumbs, and it's almost impossible to kill a wild violet!

BTW - in most parlances, an elephant with its trunk up is lucky, trunk down is very unlucky.

[WCsweet<3]

KD's colors are olive green and pearl white, not just white and green. I know some chapters use ladybugs for a symbol. It isn't official and I can only guess that they do not want to use the Katydid (I don't blame them). However, we also have the teddy bear as a mascot. It is hard to mess us our symbols with them being a dagger and a nautilus shell.

[steelerbear]

Phi Mu's quatrefoil is NOT square; it's a little bit wider than it is tall. Also, it's always a barbed quatrefoil (with the points), as opposed to just four humps. Some of the newer items in our store (Carnation Collection online) are just normal quatrefoils, not barbed, and I've complained several times about that fact. Some other items also have the quatrefoil cockeyed, at least in our official eyes, where the humps are at the north, south, east, and west positions... not a fan of that, either. Even our National Convention logo from last summer used a cockeyed quatrefoil. :-P

Our colors are Rose and White, not pink and white. Our Executive Office has, as of late, been using more of a hot pink or magenta, but I loathe that color. Absolutely hate it.

And this is just a personal preference, but when I use a lion to symbolize Phi Mu, I only try to use real or classy looking lions, not cartoony ones. I think of cartoons as silly, fake, and jokes, and that's not how I like to view my sisterhood.

[Alumiyum]

How about your colors being red, buff, and green? Because "buff" is 99% of the time yellow. Which is fine (it's bright and happy, I'm down) but we had such a hard time with new members that didn't understand what BUFF was. Because all they see is red, yellow, and green.

[indygphib]

Originally Posted by Alumiyum

How about your colors being red, buff, and green? Because "buff" is 99% of the time yellow. Which is fine (it's bright and happy, I'm down) but we had such a hard time with new members that didn't understand what BUFF was. Because all they see is red, yellow, and green.

Try explaining brown and mode...I'm still not exactly sure how to explain 'mode' to others!

ETA: Sorry for the double post!

[33girl]

Can we go on a tangent about crests?

Real ASA crest:



As you can see, there are 4 little hickydoos (I don't know what else to call them) at the top of the crest and under the Phoenix. As AF mentioned, the number 4 is special to us, so it fits.

Lazy ass commercially produced crest:



Not only does it have 6 hickydoos instead of 4, it has an eagle instead of a phoenix on the crest. An eagle with its butt on fire does not a phoenix make.

[agzg]

Originally Posted by 33girl

An eagle with its butt on fire does not a phoenix make.

Thanks for choking me with the twizzler I was eating.

[aopirose]

Originally Posted by 33girl

As you can see, there are 4 little hickydoos (I don't know what else to call them) at the top of the crest and under the Phoenix.

It's called a wreath or sometimes tortilly.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by aopirose

It's called a wreath or sometimes tortilly.

I think I prefer hickydoos

[SWTXBelle]

Originally Posted by indygphib

Try explaining brown and mode...I'm still not exactly sure how to explain 'mode' to others!

ETA: Sorry for the double post!

Short answer - Beige.

[summer_gphib]

We were told that "mode" is the same color with a lighter tonal value of any other color. I have no idea if that is true or not! LOL So blue and lighter version of the same hue would be blue and mode. :-P

[AGD1978]

I love our red, buff, and green. I really like the way the colors look together, as they do on the old handlettered charters. The red, yellow, and green combo is also pretty, but IMHO it looks so brassy compared to the true colors.

[Alumiyum]

Originally Posted by AGD1978

I love our red, buff, and green. I really like the way the colors look together, as they do on the old handlettered charters. The red, yellow, and green combo is also pretty, but IMHO it looks so brassy compared to the true colors.

That's how I feel about it...it's cutesy, but not dignified.

[KSUViolet06]

When using anything sailboat to represent Sigma, the sails of the boats should always be moving ever forward.

Ex: the "sails" in our logo:




Also, this seems like a no-brainer, but our badge is to be pinned so that the triangle is straight up and down. Your indented triangle should NOT be leaning and rocking with it. Or doing the gangsta lean.

[AGDee]

Our Skiorious is also a grey squirrel, but we use all kinds of squirrels all the time.