2 letters vs. 3 letters

[MIDWESTDIVA]

If this question has already been asked, I apologize. I did a search on this and didn't find the answer. I just wanted to know why some organizations have 2 greek letters, and other organizations have 3.

Thanks in advance.

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[twinstars]

it doesn't mean anything whether an org has 2 letters or 3...

each greek org's name stands for a phrase (in greek)... so a 2-lettered org's phrase has 2 words, and a 3-lettered org's phrase is made of 3 greek words.

[MIDWESTDIVA]

Thank you twinstars.

[CutiePie2000]

There is even a sorority at Cal-Berkeley with FOUR letters!
It is called Alpha Kappa Delta Phi..their link is here: http://www.akdphi.org/berkeley/

It is an Asian American Interest Sorority.

[CutiePie2000]

There is even a sorority at Cal-Berkeley with FOUR letters!
It is called Alpha Kappa Delta Phi..their link is here: http://www.akdphi.org/berkeley/

It is an Asian American Interest Sorority.

[SoCalGirl]

They use the lower case alpha because there was already KDPhi Fraternity.

[33girl]

And don't forget about...
Acacia (who use AKAK as their letters)
Triangle
FarmHouse
Ceres

They have no Greek letters at all!

[Asia2000]

While I am sure you're basically correct, I think that the 'alpha' has more signifigance than that.

Originally posted by SoCalGirl:
They use the lower case alpha because there was already KDPhi Fraternity.

[Asia2000]

While I am sure you're basically correct, I think that the 'alpha' has more signifigance than that.

Originally posted by SoCalGirl:
They use the lower case alpha because there was already KDPhi Fraternity.

[CutiePie2000]

Originally posted by localsororities:
Only members of an org can know why their name is what it is, and what it means or stands for.

An excellent point, localsororities,
also sometimes the motto is hidden other times it is open.

For example, there is a Latina Sorority:
Sigma Lambda Upsilon. On their website, http://www.sigmalambdaupsilon.org/ it would appear that the S.L.U. of their name stands for:
Sincerity, Loyalty, Unity and also "Senoritas Latinas Unidas". I do not know whether they have a "secret" meaning for S.L.U. also. I was just citing this as one example (I'm not in this sorority, so this is just an observation on my part of having looked at the website).

[SoCalGirl]

Hey Asia!

I bet the alpha does have more significance than that too. But they did originally only go by KDPhi. When they discovered that the fraternity existed, the alpha was added. But we still just call them KDPhi on my campus. But we have KZPhi too. So it gets confusing if someone says the names too fast.

PS If I remember correctly you're colonizing an Asian sorority at your school. So if you know more about all this, cool. What I know comes from their websites and the members that I know. So I hope it's correct.