GLO Nickname as Single Letter?

[naraht]

Given a comment on the finding your letters...

Which letters of the Greek Alphabet have groups which will use just the single letter as a nickname? So for example: The "Alpha"'s have already done Probate' or the "Kappa" house is over on Elm street.


I'll take any National GLO here...

From my (failing) memory
Alpha - Alpha Phi Alpha
Beta - Beta Theta Pi (?)
Gamma - None (Fictional:Gamma Phi Gamma)
Delta - Delta Sigma Theta, Delta Delta Delta(?)
Epsilon - None
Zeta - Zeta Phi Beta , Zeta Tau Alpha
Eta - None
Theta - Kappa Alpha Theta
Iota - Iota Phi Theta
Kappa - Kappa Kappa Gamma (?), Kappa Alpha Psi
Lambda - None
Mu - None
Nu - None
Xi - None
Omicron - None
Pi - None
Rho - None
Sigma - Phi Beta Sigma
Tau - None
Upsilon - None
Phi - None?
Chi - None?
Psi - None?
Omega - Omega Psi Phi

[Phigirl04]

I've seen Tri Sigma referred to as just Sigma.

[LXA SE285]

At a few schools Lambda Chi Alpha is known as "Lambda" instead of "Lambda Chi."

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by Phigirl04

I've seen Tri Sigma referred to as just Sigma.

It's pretty common to do so informally! I do.

[SWTXBelle]

I've always been a bit surprised that we are always "Gamma Phi" and never "Gamma", given that we are the only NPC with gamma as our first letter.

[Sciencewoman]

Originally Posted by LXA SE285

At a few schools Lambda Chi Alpha is known as "Lambda" instead of "Lambda Chi."

Lambda is used at my daughter's school.

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

I've always been a bit surprised that we are always "Gamma Phi" and never "Gamma", given that we are the only NPC with gamma as our first letter.

Me, too.

The only nickname I have not heard used, out of those listed, is Delta for Delta Delta Delta.

[ASTlady]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

I've always been a bit surprised that we are always "Gamma Phi" and never "Gamma", given that we are the only NPC with gamma as our first letter.

At my undergrad campus we called them the Gamma's, never Gamma Phi.

Alpha Sigma Tau has a few campuses where they are just called Tau's, but I would say its only 3-4 of the close to 90 chapters.

[Cheerio]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

I've always been a bit surprised that we are always "Gamma Phi" and never "Gamma", given that we are the only NPC with gamma as our first letter.

Does your Illinois State University chapter use the Gamma nickname since Gamma Phi Circus is also at ISU? Or do students use the word Circus before saying Gamma Phi to distinguish between the groups?

[SWTXBelle]

Originally Posted by Cheerio

Does your Illinois State University chapter use the Gamma nickname since Gamma Phi Circus is also at ISU? Or do students use the word Circus before saying Gamma Phi to distinguish between the groups?

To the best of my knowledge, no chapters use "Gamma" as a nickname - others on campus may, but our IHQ discourages anything but "Gamma Phi".

[SoCalGirl]

When I rushed, I assumed Pi Beta Phi would be "Beta" because it was the only sorority with Beta in the name.

[sigmagirl10]

Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi is very commonly nicknamed "Sigma"

[misscherrypie]

Our Beta Sigma Phi chapter is known on campus as "Beta".

[sigmagirl2000]

At a few different schools, I've seen Sigma Kappa referred to as Sigma.... but this still makes me stop and look around for a Sigma Sigma Sigma.

[MysticCat]

Aren't members of Alpha Tau Omega sometimes called "Taus"?

[amIblue?]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Aren't members of Alpha Tau Omega sometimes called "Taus"?

I have heard this.

Naraht, you can remove the question mark by Kappa Kappa Gamma.