"Sorority Wars" on Lifetime this Saturday

[rhoyaltempest]

Anyone see the other one? "The Haunting of Sorority Row"

I watched some of it but will have to watch again...missed the ending. I guess Lifetime is on a roll with the sorority movies lately...there was another a while back but I can't remember the name.

[pearlbubbles]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

That's a Greek Urban Legend. I did a ridiculously long response but for some reason it disappeared. Everyone is probably better off.

I'll just refer to this old post of mine.

Well, I guess that makes a lot more sense than pronunciation changing based on being behind a consonant or a vowel, lol. I wonder why different organizations choose the different pronunciations though...

[LucyKKG]

Originally Posted by rhoyaltempest

Anyone see the other one? "The Haunting of Sorority Row"

I watched some of it but will have to watch again...missed the ending. I guess Lifetime is on a roll with the sorority movies lately...there was another a while back but I can't remember the name.

I only watched the opening scene, then changed it. I was home alone, and I'm not crazy about horror movies. The stuff about the beginning of Hell Week was stupid though. It's stuff like that that makes me hate sorority movies.

[thetygerlily]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

That's a Greek Urban Legend. I did a ridiculously long response but for some reason it disappeared. Everyone is probably better off.

I'll just refer to this old post of mine.

I wouldn't consider it a regional thing. The pledge manual for Theta Xi Fraternity gives zzEYE as the pronunciation. So do the websites of lots of Greek Life offices. (My fraternity's manual does as well, FWIW.)

It's a matter of preference. Alpha Xi Delta prefers zee. Theta Xi apparently prefers zeye. Alpha Phi prefers fee, while almost all other orgs that use F prefer fie.

Awesome- thank you MysticCat! I didn't realize that all of the "eye" letters are "ee" in Greek, such as Pi and Chi. Now comes the fun part of remembering how everyone says it.

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I now have the almost uncontrollable urge to go get every Greek (GLO-style Greek, that is) movie, tv show, and book and make a massive marathon. But alas I will finish off the workday instead like a good girl.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito

I would like to mention I noticed the same thing with Upsilon. Psi U learns to pronounce it Yoop-Si-Lon while most greeks I have met pronounce it Up-Si-Lon

Right. Meanwhile, in Greek, the U is more like the German ü, so that it comes out sounding like a cross between OO-psi-lon and EE-psi-lon.

Originally Posted by pearlbubbles

Well, I guess that makes a lot more sense than pronunciation changing based on being behind a consonant or a vowel, lol. I wonder why different organizations choose the different pronunciations though...

Preference as to whether they wanted to use the American or Greek pronunciation. I've always imagined some good Greek professor telling the founders of Alpha Phi, "you know, the correct way to pronounce that letter is . . . ."

Originally Posted by thetygerlily

Awesome- thank you MysticCat! I didn't realize that all of the "eye" letters are "ee" in Greek, such as Pi and Chi. Now comes the fun part of remembering how everyone says it.

You can include in the "ee" letters I, which the sisters of Sigma Alpha Iota would tell you is EE-ota. (In Greek, it's actually closer to Yota.)

You'd be surprised how many names of Greek letters are not pronounced in Greek like they are in English.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by thetygerlily

Kind of like pronouncing Italian as "it-alian" vs. "eye-talian"?

No. Eye-talian is just wrong. They are not from Eye-taly. Although it's actually more EE-talian rather than it-alian. I in Italian = "E" sound in Latin-based languages.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

No. Eye-talian is just wrong. They are not from Eye-taly. Although it's actually more EE-talian rather than it-alian. I in Italian = "E" sound in Latin-based languages.

This Italian thanks you

[borntobewild]

I read somewhere that Sorority Wars is a pilot for a TV series. Hope the script writers are reading GC to get the feedback

[AXiDTrish]

I totally see how it could've been a pilot. I actually think it would be good show.

Sadly though, it could be because I love Greek and think another show about Greek Life would allow me to continue reliving my collegiate experience each week. How pathetic am I?

[OleMissGlitter]

Sorority Wars was okay but The Haunting on Sorority Row was pretty lame.

[wmu_aoii]

^ agreed. sorority wars is probably the only greek movie on lifetime i've ever actually enjoyed 100%.

[AlphaXi_Husky]

Thoroughly enjoyed the movie, though I did think some things were funny/ridiculous (as mentioned in this thread).

Originally Posted by wmu_aoii

^ agreed. sorority wars is probably the only greek movie on lifetime i've ever actually enjoyed 100%.

And hello...are we forgetting Dying to Belong???

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

No. Eye-talian is just wrong. They are not from Eye-taly. Although it's actually more EE-talian rather than it-alian. I in Italian = "E" sound in Latin-based languages.

Thank you. I thought I was the only person whose hair stands up when I hear Eye-talian.