fiji tattoo

phimusugar · #1 02-16-2003, 12:57 AM

I have a friend who is a fiji, and I know already that its disrespectful to wear your actual letters on shirts/etc. However, he has the letters tattooed down his arm. I was wondering if this was an exception, and its okay..? Out of curiousity.

Lil' Hannah · #2 02-18-2003, 01:27 PM

I see none of the FIJIs are answering, so I'll step in. When I went to UIFI I'm pretty sure one of the FIJIs there said they can only have their greek letters tattooed behind their right ear, inside of one of their ankles, or inside of their lower lip

if I'm wrong, please feel free to correct me...

phimusugar · #3 02-18-2003, 02:51 PM

interesting..! his are down his right arm, each letter is about 1.5 inches tall. Its a pretty big/obvious tattoo!

UToledoFiji · #4 02-20-2003, 04:03 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Lil' Hannah
I see none of the FIJIs are answering, so I'll step in. When I went to UIFI I'm pretty sure one of the FIJIs there said they can only have their greek letters tattooed behind their right ear, inside of one of their ankles, or inside of their lower lip

if I'm wrong, please feel free to correct me...

Behind the ear and lower lip would freaking kill. I am sorry but havent heard that before. I couldnt imagine anyone getting a tattoo on their lip

phigamucsb · #5 03-16-2003, 11:14 PM

to my best knowledge the letters of phi gamma delta may only be tatooed on the inner right ankle or forearm in font no larger than 20 font.

FIJI-UC · #6 03-18-2003, 09:28 AM

The letters should "never" be tattooed but it's a well accepted practice (even for fiji's working @ international).

Generally however it's kept to the ankle and arm as phigamucsb mentioned.

hannahgirl · #7 04-27-2003, 09:52 PM

A large amount of the guys here have it tattooed on the inside of their left foot, right below their ankle along with their chapter letters and pledge class letters.

raiderfiji · #8 08-01-2003, 11:59 AM

This guy from nationals just came to out chapter and although he had it tatooed on his arm he said you are technically not suppossed to get it tatooed at all.

mtfiji · #9 12-19-2003, 11:46 PM

Can't speak for everyone else, but mine is on the insid eof my ankle. I know guys from my chapter have it on the ankle or the bicep. And from what I hear, lots of people have them, even though we "aren't".

piphimaggie · #10 07-10-2004, 03:35 AM

There was a guy at my college who was golfing w/o a shirt around campus and he had the greek letters tattooed on the left side of his chest, over his heart....dunno if that's permissible, but that's where it was!

townerb · #11 11-10-2004, 07:12 PM

By Fraternity law, our Greek letters may only be used in six official places: fraternity buildings, flag, badge, seal, membership certificate, and memorials (i.e. gravestones).

Our laws do not accomodate any other location. Our laws do not permit use of our Greek letters for any bodily markings (despite any claims to the contrary). The laws also specifically prohibit the display of our Greek letters on jewlery like rings or lavaliers.

I like to think the letters are emblazoned on every brother's heart and in the wake of his upright conduct. Let's keep it that way.

Fraternally,

Towner

mcellpe · #12 11-11-2004, 06:07 PM

Towner,

Thanks for the clarification on letters! A quick follow-up: Over the past year I have seen a number of historical items show up on Ebay that are engraved with Phi Gamma Delta's greek letters... many of these items clearly originated from within the fraternity; i.e. paddles, mugs, awards, composite pictures, etc. This would lead me to the conclusion that Phi Gamma Delta did not always have a prohibition on display of greek letters. What year did the current doctrine on display of letters become official fraternity law? Secondly, any background on why the law was enacted?

Thanks,

mcellpe

FIUFIJIMoe · #13 12-20-2004, 03:24 PM

Towner,

Just a clarification on your clarification (Lol) There are seven places... you missed one... Phi Gamma Delta's greek letters can also be placed on your college ring.

Moe
Florida International University
Sigma Phi
Miami, FL

OleMissGlitter · #14 03-18-2005, 12:45 PM

My big sis at Ole Miss was the FJIJ sweetheart and they gave her a drop with Phi Gamma Delta....

MikeBFiji · #15 03-22-2005, 11:31 PM

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My big sis at Ole Miss was the FJIJ sweetheart and they gave her a drop with Phi Gamma Delta....

Even though the fraternity says 7 places there is actually one other exception, which is official jewlery approved by the fraternity that is purchased through a dealer. One just happens to be a sweetheart drop.