[11897] in APO-L
Re: APhiO or APO?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Trevor W Schadt)
Thu Apr 13 16:56:09 1995
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 1995 16:51:38 -0400
Reply-To: Trevor W Schadt <paladin+@CMU.EDU>
From: Trevor W Schadt <paladin+@CMU.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <Added.EjXDAr600Udb1RUU48@andrew.cmu.edu>
Randy Finder <NARAHT@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU> writes:
> 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.
>
The main reason that Kappa uses A Phi O (yes, it's ANOTHER
message from Kappa's Horde (although I'm not a Lewandowski)) is that
up until recently ATO was on campus. I don't know why Region V seems
to be partial to APhiO, but I know that when I'm at the keyboard, APO
is easier and faster to type. :) That's why, even when I send mail to
other CMU people, I usually use APO and they know what I'm talking
about. (That and, over the summer, I met someone from UMass (MK, if
you can read this, send me mail!) who introduced herself to me by
asking "Is that an APO pin?")
I don't know. I'm rambling now, but I'm tired and stressed,
so it's ok.
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