[11885] in APO-L
Re: APhiO or APO?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Finder)
Thu Apr 13 05:47:28 1995
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 1995 05:45:07 -0500
Reply-To: Randy Finder <NARAHT@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU>
From: Randy Finder <NARAHT@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <01HPA088HPPMHXK8MM@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU>
On Thu, 13 Apr 1995, Reid Stanley wrote:
> This question has been raised to me, and since I've seen it both way...
>
> What is the proper, or accepted, way of abbreviating Alpha Phi Omega on
> the Nets? APO or APhiO?
>
(entirely speaking for myself here)
The easiest answer is "What ever way you want.". Alpha Phi Omega (as
opposed to some of the social greeks) does not have an official
abbreviation. APO seems to be more common on the nets simply because that is
the way that apo-l (and later aposoc-l) were set up. However Fuzz, who is
setting up the APO web area extraordinaire, seems to be a devoted A Phi O
user. My basic feeling is that the abbreviation debate can be just as
complex as the toast song debate and fewer people get hurt...
My active chapter (Kappa at Carnegie-Mellon in Pittsburgh) uses A Phi O,
and when I moved down here to section 84 where everyone uses APO it took
time to adjust to useing APO. Now I'm pretty much trilingual between APO,
APhiO & APhiQ, using the full name of the fraternity in situations where
people may not understand.
Generalities of abbreviation usage.
1) If the chapter is at a historically black school they use A Phi Q
(rather than APO or APhiO)
2) If ATO is on campus, they are more likely to use A Phi O.
3) If you are in Region V, they tend to use A Phi O.
Rambling on since it is 0dark00 here....
YiLFS
Randy Finder
Kappa Chapter Alum
Section 84 Staff
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Leadership, Friendship and Service - Alpha Phi Omega
