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04-02-2008, 01:24 AM
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I have silly pet peeves with certain nicknames. It bothers me when a group with a Phi chooses a nickname with a P to replace the Phi. Phi doesn't make a "p" sound, Pi does. Same with Theta. Theta makes a "th" sound not a "t" sound, Tau makes a "t" sound. So of course, "TPA" causes me much cognitive dissonance. 
I also hate when people say/write EK, EN, EX, etc. Sigmas are not Epsilons, and it's not that hard to write/draw Sigmas.
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04-02-2008, 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by violetpretty
I have silly pet peeves with certain nicknames. It bothers me when a group with a Phi chooses a nickname with a P to replace the Phi. Phi doesn't make a "p" sound, Pi does. Same with Theta. Theta makes a "th" sound not a "t" sound, Tau makes a "t" sound...
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I completely agree. I've always wondered why we called Delta Sigma Phi, DSP; Tau Epsilon Phi, TEP; and one of our locals Alpha Theta Beta, AOB.
To me Phi Sigma Sigma was always Phi Sig. And Sigma Sigma Sigma was always Tri Sig. Sigma Delta Tau was SDT. Sigma Alpha Mu was just SAMMY. Nothing outrageous, I guess!
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04-02-2008, 04:27 PM
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I also hate when people say/write EK, EN, EX, etc. Sigmas are not Epsilons, and it's not that hard to write/draw Sigmas.
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That totally bugs me, too! Some of my sisters will hand-write "KKG" and I'm like ah! A gamma is so much easier to write, and it's correct!
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04-02-2008, 04:29 PM
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That totally bugs me, too! Some of my sisters will hand-write "KKG" and I'm like ah! A gamma is so much easier to write, and it's correct!
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Hahaha....I love it - coming from someone who had KKG in her user name....
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04-02-2008, 07:22 PM
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Hahaha....I love it - coming from someone who had KKG in her user name.... |
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04-02-2008, 09:33 PM
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That totally bugs me, too! Some of my sisters will hand-write "KKG" and I'm like ah! A gamma is so much easier to write, and it's correct!
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Gamma is a Greek G and Kappa is a Greek K, so there's nothing wrong with KKG. An E is not a substitute for a Sigma, a Sigma is a Greek S. I always tell people to say/write SK when they say/write EK.
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04-03-2008, 12:44 AM
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Hahaha....I love it - coming from someone who had KKG in her user name.... |
In my defense, I didn't know it would let you do that! Most websites probably would say it's an invalid character. Please don't tell HQ on me!
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Gamma is a Greek G and Kappa is a Greek K, so there's nothing wrong with KKG. An E is not a substitute for a Sigma, a Sigma is a Greek S. I always tell people to say/write SK when they say/write EK.
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Yeah, but if they're writing it by hand? The E vs. Sigma thing is lamer, but I'm sure you can see where I'm coming from.
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04-02-2008, 09:21 AM
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Pi Kappa Phi on my campus was usually known as Pi Kapps, but there were some people who called them "Pi Phi for guys." They also tended to pair up with Pi Beta Phi rather often for events (Greek Week, Homecoming, Varieties).
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04-02-2008, 01:11 PM
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At my undergrad campus, we had girl and boy Phi Sigs. Usually we'd say Phi Sig for Phi Sigma Sigma, then just "boy Phi Sigs" for the fraternity. And then Alpha Xi Delta was known as AZ. I've heard them called AZD everywhere else since, never AZ.
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04-02-2008, 02:06 PM
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Some of the older ASA chapters in the Midwest go by Alphas, but I think they're at schools that don't have AST (we are on many of the same campuses). Picking one of those to be "Alphas" would be way too confusing.
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04-02-2008, 03:03 PM
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Re: the 3 above, when I was at Penn State, AST wasn't there (I think they're there now), but we still called Alpha Sigma Alpha "ASA"; used "Skulls", and in fact, I don't think I ever knew what their real greek letters were when I was undergrad; and we definitely used "Alpha Sig" not just Sig when I was there.
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04-02-2008, 03:22 PM
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Re: the 3 above, when I was at Penn State, AST wasn't there (I think they're there now)
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They're at Behrend & Altoona but not Main. EWalk - ASA & Alpha Sigs are our usual nicknames - Apples & Alphas are the odd local ones (as per the OP in the thread).
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04-02-2008, 03:07 PM
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ASA is also known as the Alpha Sigs on some campuses.
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04-02-2008, 03:22 PM
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ASA is also known as the Alpha Sigs on some campuses.
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What are they usually known as?
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04-02-2008, 03:46 PM
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Alpha Xi Delta = Alpha Xi's or A Xi D's
Gamma Phi Beta = Gamma Phi's or G Phi B's
Pi Kappa Phi = Pi Kapps
Sigma Nu
Sigma Pi
Tau Kappa Epsilon = Tekes
Kappa Sigma - Kappa Sigs
We also have a local, Sigma Chi Epsilon, which goes by SigEp, that was started by two initiated brothers from a chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon. The plan, of course, is to affiliate. I'm not sure where they are in that process yet, though.
NPHC groups - not sure what their nicknames are, but we had delta sigma theta, zeta phi beta, alpha phi alpha, phi beta sigma, and kappa alpha psi if I remember correctly.
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