NPC sororities with calls?

[GPhiSweetiePie]

Originally posted by ChaosDST
I appreciate the question. Sometimes people hear certain calls and don't know exactly who was doing that call. They go back to their chapter and say "I heard this and I think it's cool. Why don't we do that?" If that's what a chapter does, there's nothing malicious in INTENT.

Exactly. This, even though I got jumped all over for saying something to the same extent, was exactly what I meant.

[ZZ-kai-]

Whats the big deal if someone says something that another group supposedly "owns"? I mean, if you look at the Beta crest, and many other crests of fraternities/sororities founded after us, a lot of them are modeled after us. Do I get pissed everytime I see the FIJI, ATO, DTD or Triangle crest? Nope, I am somewhat honored.

The APhiA's at my school used to do this 'call' (so to speak): "One, One, One, One, NIIIINE, O (oh), six". We didn't hear them saying "copyright" or "patent pending" following their 'call', so we did one going "One, One, One, One, eeeiiiggght, three, nine" and they loved it. No asses were handed on platters either.

Still need to know, whats the big friggen deal?

"Mutthaphuckinwordupyo" - copyright

Read in italic below (since when did NPHC groups become NON-GLO?)

Originally posted by ChaosDST
Uh...I asked a question and she rolled her eyes.

If a GLO takes an NPHC orgs' call, it's going to raise OUR eyebrows. We just don't do that and it has nothing to do with the number of greek orgs.

But, I'm sure she can speak for her organization better than you can.

[starang21]

Originally posted by ZZ-kai-
Whats the big deal if someone says something that another group supposedly "owns"? I mean, if you look at the Beta crest, and many other crests of fraternities/sororities founded after us, a lot of them are modeled after us. Do I get pissed everytime I see the FIJI, ATO, DTD or Triangle crest? Nope, I am somewhat honored.

The APhiA's at my school used to do this 'call' (so to speak): "One, One, One, One, NIIIINE, O (oh), six". We didn't hear them saying "copyright" or "patent pending" following their 'call', so we did one going "One, One, One, One, eeeiiiggght, three, nine" and they loved it. No asses were handed on platters either.

Still need to know, whats the big friggen deal?

"Mutthaphuckinwordupyo" - copyright

Read in italic below (since when did NPHC groups become NON-GLO?)

and the reason you didn't get ass handed to you was because you didn't use their call. like i said, say the AKA call to an AKA, see what happens. or bark to que, or say ours to us. if you want to know why our calls, handsigns are so important to us....you should have joined and earned to the right to say them. as it stands, you'll never understand.

[ChaosDST]

Originally posted by GPhiSweetiePie
Exactly. This, even though I got jumped all over for saying something to the same extent, was exactly what I meant.

Your tone is what got you "jumped all over," though. I also don't think you were quite saying what you think you were.

LOL

[DeltaSigStan]

Unofficially, if you want to signal to a person whom you think is a Delta Sig, you say our motto, "YITBOS".

If someone did that to me and I found out he wasn't a Delta Sig, I'd feel a little animosity.....I mean, especially since I bet that person wouldn't even know what YITBOS means.....

[ChaosDST]

Originally posted by ZZ-kai-
Whats the big deal if someone says something that another group supposedly "owns"? I mean, if you look at the Beta crest, and many other crests of fraternities/sororities founded after us, a lot of them are modeled after us. Do I get pissed everytime I see the FIJI, ATO, DTD or Triangle crest? Nope, I am somewhat honored.

The APhiA's at my school used to do this 'call' (so to speak): "One, One, One, One, NIIIINE, O (oh), six". We didn't hear them saying "copyright" or "patent pending" following their 'call', so we did one going "One, One, One, One, eeeiiiggght, three, nine" and they loved it. No asses were handed on platters either.

Still need to know, whats the big friggen deal?

"Mutthaphuckinwordupyo" - copyright

Read in italic below (since when did NPHC groups become NON-GLO?)

If you don't think there's a big deal, AGAIN, you're more than welcome to stop posting to me.

Yeah, it's "cute" when you're OBVIOUSLY being imitated. It's a form of flattery. But, if your founding year was also 1906, the Alphas wouldn't have found it "cute," for you to adopt their "call."

No copyright is needed, but (as I said before) don't act surprised if someone says something about it.

To provide an obvious answer to your final question:

We're all GLOs, but in conversation, how do I distinguish between BGLOs and the "rest of them?" Exactly.

[ChaosDST]

Originally posted by starang21
and the reason you didn't get ass handed to you was because you didn't use their call. like i said, say the AKA call to an AKA, see what happens. or bark to que, or say ours to us. if you want to know why our calls, handsigns are so important to us....you should have joined and earned to the right to say them. as it stands, you'll never understand.

...and it's not because it's a "black thing."

LOL...I couldn't help it.

I'm done hijacking this thread.

[ChaosDST]

Originally posted by DeltaSigStan
Unofficially, if you want to signal to a person whom you think is a Delta Sig, you say our motto, "YITBOS".

If someone did that to me and I found out he wasn't a Delta Sig, I'd feel a little animosity.....I mean, especially since I bet that person wouldn't even know what YITBOS means.....

I drive by your beautiful frat house everyday. It looks like the White House on top of a golf course. The other frats and sororities around here are envious!!

[HotDamnImAPhiMu]

I am from Richmond, yes.

Chaos, I'm going to have to respectfully disagree with you on your statement that "However, all of the D9 are represented in Richmond, VA. So, I can't say there is underexposure to us and our calls. " While I agree, of course, that all of the D9 are represented and have respected places on their respective campuses, there is at this time very little interaction between the D9 and the NPC on Virginia Commonwealth Univerity's campus, outside panhellenic structure & board meetings. To tell you the truth, I had no idea how many of the D9 were represented on campus or any of their colors until I joined GC. While attending VCU I roomed with members of two of the four other NPC sororities and dated members of four of the nine IFC fraternities. So I think I was well exposed to greek life in general. It was my impression that while the D9 and the NPC have great respect for each other and would be well served by more interaction, currently, interaction between the two is fairly limited.

Additionally, I'm going to have to say I found your statement,


"I'm sure her chapter 1) knew it was Phi Beta Sigma's call AND 2) thought it would be "cute" to borrow it.

But, either way, I'm not even going down this road. I'm making a U-turn because I just wanted PhiMu to answer how long they've been doing that call.

She doesn't know, which means she needs to learn the history behind her chapter's traditions, so the discussion's over."


kind of inflammatory. Honestly, you really have quite a limited frame of reference to draw on as to my knowledge of my chapter's history and traditions, and even less of a frame of reference to assume what my chapter was or was not intending to do when we initiated use of this particular call.

I think it'd serve us both well to realize that GLO tradition is hundreds of years long and it'd be about as hard to "steal" a call as it would be to "steal" the common use of the letter F. Aside from that, I'm sure you've heard the phrase that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.


/soapbox, but I have to say I think I'm going to stay out of the water on the rest of this one, because I'm finding it INCREASINGLY difficult to be ladylike for this thread!

[DeltaSigStan]

Originally posted by ChaosDST
I drive by your beautiful frat house everyday. It looks like the White House on top of a golf course. The other frats and sororities around here are envious!!

You reading that hoosier?

Thanks.....from one Delta Sigma to another.

[starang21]

Originally posted by HotDamnImAPhiMu
I am from Richmond, yes.

Chaos, I'm going to have to respectfully disagree with you on your statement that "However, all of the D9 are represented in Richmond, VA. So, I can't say there is underexposure to us and our calls. " While I agree, of course, that all of the D9 are represented and have respected places on their respective campuses, there is at this time very little interaction between the D9 and the NPC on Virginia Commonwealth Univerity's campus, outside panhellenic structure & board meetings. To tell you the truth, I had no idea how many of the D9 were represented on campus or any of their colors until I joined GC. While attending VCU I roomed with members of two of the four other NPC sororities and dated members of four of the nine IFC fraternities. So I think I was well exposed to greek life in general. It was my impression that while the D9 and the NPC have great respect for each other and would be well served by more interaction, currently, interaction between the two is fairly limited.

Additionally, I'm going to have to say I found your statement,


"I'm sure her chapter 1) knew it was Phi Beta Sigma's call AND 2) thought it would be "cute" to borrow it.

But, either way, I'm not even going down this road. I'm making a U-turn because I just wanted PhiMu to answer how long they've been doing that call.

She doesn't know, which means she needs to learn the history behind her chapter's traditions, so the discussion's over."


kind of inflammatory. Honestly, you really have quite a limited frame of reference to draw on as to my knowledge of my chapter's history and traditions, and even less of a frame of reference to assume what my chapter was or was not intending to do when we initiated use of this particular call.

I think it'd serve us both well to realize that GLO tradition is hundreds of years long and it'd be about as hard to "steal" a call as it would be to "steal" the common use of the letter F. Aside from that, I'm sure you've heard the phrase that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.


/soapbox, but I have to say I think I'm going to stay out of the water on the rest of this one, because I'm finding it INCREASINGLY difficult to be ladylike for this thread!

so are you trying to tell me that Phi Mu has been saying "U KNOW" for a while? while you feel that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, i find it very offensive and disrespectful. you have not earned the right to say my ish, therefore you will not say my ish. if someone decided to use my handsign or call and say they're giving us props....i'm checking them. so, it really is that serious. like we said before with our calls...if you wanted to say them, you should have intook.

[ZZ-kai-]

That is hilarious. Who gave you the right to fobid others from saying words out of the English Dictionary? By the way, what the hell is an 'ish'? Call or not, I ask again, whats the big friggen deal? Nobody has yet to give me a credible answer.

This is a pretty childish thread - now. It started off with a pretty cool discussion of whistles and other calls that were used way back in the 1800's, long before many of your fraternities/sororities were even founded, and now its gone to "you'd get your booty kicked if you said ABCDEFG when being part of XYZ org".

My peace has been said.

Say no to violence, YOU KNOW?

Originally posted by starang21
you have not earned the right to say my ish, therefore you will not say my ish.

[HotDamnImAPhiMu]

Say no to drugs.

Starang21, I think you neglected to read the entire paragraph. Look, I even quoted myself for your convenience:

I think it'd serve us both well to realize that GLO tradition is hundreds of years long and it'd be about as hard to "steal" a call as it would be to "steal" the common use of the letter phi. Aside from that, I'm sure you've heard the phrase that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

To paraphrase myself,

* no, I'm not saying Phi Mu "took" a call from any group
* yes, I believe Phi Mu has been using this call for some time, although no, I cannot give you the exact date, time, location, and members present for the first use of this specific call
* yes, the greek system is small and some of our sayings, phrases, mottos, etc. will overlap inadverdantly.

[ZZ-kai-]

PS, don't forget to mention that Phi Mu was founded in 1852, and some of Phi Mu's members probably said "you know" before the founding of the D9 org. that claims to have ownership over those two words.

"In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight"

[AUDeltaGam]

Originally posted by ariesrising
I remember a post a looong time ago where CutiePie2000 mentioned she found that Delta Gamma used to have a call.

Wow, I didn't know that!