[11962] in APO-L
Re: APhiO or APO?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark D Librizzi)
Wed Apr 19 01:28:39 1995
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 1995 00:26:20 -0500
Reply-To: Mark D Librizzi <librimd@MAIL.AUBURN.EDU>
From: Mark D Librizzi <librimd@MAIL.AUBURN.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.91.950418233837.8397A-100000@mallard>
Okay, for all of you losing sleep over what the 'right' equivelant to the
letter "Omega" is (I've gotten over 10 letters complaining about my
earlier post), here is a list of acceptable english letters that can be
used to represent the Greek letters. It by NO means is 'The List', just
a list. If you don't like them, write your own list. The choices that I
made when writing are based on personal knowledge (did a reasearch paper
on the subject once), the common equivelants used by Auburn's IFC and
Panhellenic, Alpha Phi Omega's choices for equivelants (found in my
pledge manual), and word of mouth from various people in various Greek
organizations.
Alpha Phi Omega could use the following according to my
reasearch: APO (currently used, most poplular. Problem is the 'P' is
rarely acceptable), APhiO (also currently used. Problem is having to
write out the 'Phi', and that 'O' is one of many acceptable
counterparts to 'Omega'), APhiQ (currently used among several African-American
chapters. Problem is that 'Q' is one of the many acceptable counterparts
of 'Omega', and is usually reserved for the African-American chapters),
AFW (not used. Problem is that, although using all acceptable letter
counterparts to Greek letters, it never has been used, and probably
sounds 'weird' to most brothers. Probably the best equivelant to 'Alpha
Phi Omega'). Also usable, but I doubt they ever will be, are: APQ, APW, AFQ,
and APhiW.
> Alpha: A
> Beta: B
> Gamma: G
> Delta: D
> Epsilon: E
> Zeta: Z
> Eta: H
> Theta: Th or (rarely) T
> Iota: I
> Kappa: K
> Lambda: L
> Mu: M
> Nu: N
> Xi: Z or X
> Omicron: O
> Pi: P or P(i)
> Rho: R or P
> Sigma: S or (rarely) E
> Tau: T
> Upsilon: U or V
> Phi: F, Ph(i) and (rarely) P
> Chi: X, C, or (rarely) K(i)
> Psi: Y or (rarely) U
> Omega: O, W, or Q
Have fun cutting this apart. I know you will.
-Delta 1159
Mark Librizzi, Fellowship chairman
Delta Chapter, Auburn University
