"Male" & "Female" letters

[precious25]

Sexy letters, popular letters, I always noticed there seemed to be letters ore fraternities used than sororities, and vice versa.

Boy letters:
Sigma
Psi
Upsilon
Tau

Girl Letters:
Alpha
DELTA!
Kappa
Gamma
Phi
Zeta

anyone else think so?

[Jill1228]

I think Pi is definitely a female one

[PiKA2001]

Originally posted by Jill1228
I think Pi is definitely a female one

HUH!!!!??? I think you guys are disecting this thing waaay too much!!

[GeekyPenguin]

This could probably go in Chit-Chat...if it needs to be discussed at all.

[KillarneyRose]

This actually has some merit. Anyone read the F. Scott Fitzgerald short story "The Ice Palace"? One of the characters believed that everyone could be placed in one of two categories: "feline" or "canine" based on their looks and the way they moved. So I guess if people can be feline or canine, greek letters can be male or female. :)

[Betarulz!]

It's really not that weird. Considering that most modern languages assign gender to nouns this shouldn't be that weird. Really English is weird in that most items are gender neutral when talked about.

[Jill1228]

It seems like few of the sororities have Pi in them
Pi Beta Phi
Alpha Delta Pi
Alpha Omicron Pi

And the sorority from the movie "Revenge of the Nerds" :)

Originally posted by PiKA2001
HUH!!!!??? I think you guys are disecting this thing waaay too much!!

[CutiePie2000]

Originally posted by Jill1228
It seems like few of the sororities have Pi in them
Pi Beta Phi
Alpha Delta Pi
Alpha Omicron Pi

And the sorority from the movie "Revenge of the Nerds" :)

Don't forget the fraternities:
Beta Theta Pi and
Sigma Pi

What sorority was in "Revenge of the Nerds"? I can only think of Omega Mu.

[aephi alum]

Originally posted by CutiePie2000
Don't forget the fraternities:
Beta Theta Pi and
Sigma Pi

And Alpha Epsilon Pi :)

What sorority was in "Revenge of the Nerds"? I can only think of Omega Mu.

The sorority full of obnoxious blonde Barbie dolls was the "pi" sorority from Revenge of the Nerds. Can't recall the letters, though.

[MysticCat]

Originally posted by aephi alum
And Alpha Epsilon Pi :)
and
Pi Kappa Alpha
Pi Kappa Phi and
Pi Lambda Phi


The sorority full of obnoxious blonde Barbie dolls was the "pi" sorority from Revenge of the Nerds. Can't recall the letters, though. Pi Delta Pi. Remember the Tri-Lam's fundraiser at the carnival? "Eat a Pi" -- pie plates with whipped cream, under which was a "suggestive" picture of a Pi.

[sigma3]

Well if you can't forget the fraternities with Pi in them, let's not forget the sororities with "Sigma" as part of their letters. For instance, my sorority, Sigma Sigma Sigma. Even if we were the only sorority that uses Sigma, I think we use it enough to classify it as a female letter or at least neutral, LOL.

[wptw]

Sororities and fraternities tend to emphasize slightly different things as ideals. Different ideals and different greek mottoes = different greek letters. Simple.

wptw

[Jen]

I'm bumping this up b/c I finally found the thread!

I'm curious about everyone's opinion about this - do you think of certain Greek letters as being more masculine or feminine?

For instance, I definitely think of Gamma as female and am more likely to think an org with Gamma in it is a sorority rather than a fraternity.

[Sistermadly]

HUH!!!!??? I think you guys are disecting this thing waaay too much!!

Ditto.

[Sistermadly]

Even if we were the only sorority that uses Sigma, I think we use it enough to classify it as a female letter or at least neutral, LOL.

Sigma Gamma Rho, Gamma Sigma Sigma, and Sigma Lambda Gamma might beg to differ.

[Sister Havana]

Sigma Gamma Rho, Gamma Sigma Sigma, and Sigma Lambda Gamma might beg to differ.

Not to mention Sigma Delta Tau, Phi Sigma Sigma, Alpha Sigma Alpha, Alpha Sigma Tau, and Sigma Kappa.

[Liberal_South]

HUH!!!!??? I think you guys are disecting this thing waaay too much!!

Pi is most definitely a female one. If you don't think so, you need a crash course in anatomy.

[Denise_DPhiE]

Wow, you guys really have too much time on your hands!!! ;)

LOL

Denise

[undtheta2000]

Yeah, wow. Too much time. Then again I can get going on here, and on Facebook and an hour has passed when I just wanted to check messages or check for any new posts . . .
Anyhow, one thing to remember when talking about Greek letters and sororities and fraternities- Many of the sororities are actually women's fraternities. So, does that have anything to say about female and male?
;) Just something to think about!
I agree with wptw:
"Sororities and fraternities tend to emphasize slightly different things as ideals. Different ideals and different greek mottoes = different greek letters. Simple."

[notyouraverage]

Anyhow, one thing to remember when talking about Greek letters and sororities and fraternities- Many of the sororities are actually women's fraternities. So, does that have anything to say about female and male?
;) Just something to think about!

What on earth would that say about female and male? Are you suggesting that women's fraternities are more masculine than sororities? That's about all I can conclude from your statement anyway...

[undtheta2000]

What on earth would that say about female and male? Are you suggesting that women's fraternities are more masculine than sororities? That's about all I can conclude from your statement anyway...

Not saying anything at all about any house/ chapter being more masculine or not. Just saying that it does seem there is some overlap in women's v. men's houses using different letters more, and from what I've seen posted here, it seems as though the men's fraternities and women's fraternities and sororities are as likely to use the same letters, different orders obviously!

[ADPi Conniebama]

Α ♀
Β ♂
Γ ♀
Δ ♀
Ε ♂
Ζ ♀
Η ♂
Θ ♀
Ι ♂
Κ ♂
Λ ♂
Μ ♀
Ν ♀
Ξ ♂
Ο ♀
Π ♀
Ρ ♂
Σ ♀
Τ ♂
Υ ♂
Φ ♀
Χ ♂
Ψ ♂
Ω ♂

nothing scientific to it I just thought it would be fun to give my opinion - with cool colors and fun greek signs

[SOPi_Jawbreaker]

Yay!!! My sorority is all female.

[bows&toes]

And Alpha Epsilon Pi :)



The sorority full of obnoxious blonde Barbie dolls was the "pi" sorority from Revenge of the Nerds. Can't recall the letters, though.

whats wrong with blonde barbie dolls?

[bows&toes]

I guess Phi Delta Theta is feminine

[ADPi Conniebama]

Yay!!! My sorority is all female.


yep according to me

[Jen]

How'd you do the cool symbols?!

[ADPi Conniebama]

How'd you do the cool symbols?!

you probably know how to do it just using tools on greekchat but I cheat by going to WORD and cut/paste. EASIER THAT WAY