Simple questions about Greek Life that annoy you?

[ThetaPrincess24]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

I had to bump this to add this odd question:

"Do you do weird things with animals?"

What they meant by that, I have NO idea. And I really didn't wanna find out.

I also get the "what's AET?" question. I tell them it's a sigma. Sadly enough, my school was huge on engineering, and half the kids who would ask me had all taken calc. There are sigmas all over the place in those courses, and they still referred to it as an E. Sad.

And when people (generally students) would ask me about paying for my friends, I'd always respond in the same way... "I didn't pay for my friends, I invested in a lifetime of camaraderie, service, and tradition, shared with people across the world. What did you spend your money on? A new Playstation?" (or whatever the major "toy" is at the time). Usually people don't know what to say. it's fun.

It might have to do with the goat myth.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by ThetaPrincess24

I used to know a guy that said he used to be a member of "OX" (just like the animal) fraternity. Is it a wonder that he "used to be a member?"

We had a lot of people refer to it as the "Ox House" (and they even had a logo with an ox on it) but the brothers themselves never said "Hi, I'm an Ox"....it was always "Hi, I'm a Theta Chi."

[dreamseeker]

Guy that has known me for about 6 yrs: you joined a sorority? so, are you like a valley girl now?

[pshsx1]

Originally Posted by ThetaPrincess24

It might have to do with the ***ritual secret***

Fixed :P

[pshsx1]

Bump!

"Wait... how are you a Greek alumnus if you're still in college?"

[cr2817]

Ohh I like this thread! I was only initiated about a month ago but the list goes on and on for the ridiculous things I've heard, but the most annoying things tend to be statements rather than questions.

"So tell me, how did they haze you?"
"I don't want to buy my friends" (As many other people also mentioned)
"I don't want to be told what to do"
"I heard fat girls can't wear letters" (This one still is to me)
"I would hate being around so many girls"
"The girls in your sorority are bitches.. you have to agree, right?" ( not true at all and kind of hurtful)
"I would never join Kappa, I heard they're all blonde" (I guess people don't realize when they say this to me that I'm naturally blonde, but doesn't impact who I am as a person at all. Not to mention that there's only about 30 other blondes in a chapter of 130)

Ok, my rant is now over

[voLTAgeDEuce]

From a young lady who was unsure if she was or was not a member of an NPC:

What sorority were you in?

Usually from other NPCers:

What org is that?

GDIs:

What does all that stuff on your jacket mean?

What did you have to do to get in?

Can you do your call?

[TKESunDevil]

From some of my GDI friends:
"How come you guys don't have real Greek letters?"
"Do you guys have a secret handshake?"
"How often do you get paddled?"

[naraht]

Originally Posted by TKESunDevil

From some of my GDI friends:
"How come you guys don't have real Greek letters?"
"Do you guys have a secret handshake?"
"How often do you get paddled?"

Just did a quick runthrough on NIC, NPC & NPHC. The organizations that do represent themselves by Greek Letters (as opposed to Acacia, Farmhouse, etc) which *look* like Latin Alphabet letters *only* in each are
Alpha Chi Rho
Kappa Alpha Order
Kappa Alpha Society
Nu Alpha Kappa
Tau Kappa Epsilon
Zeta Beta Tau

Zeta Tau Alpha

Alpha Kappa Alpha

[GeorgiaGreek]

"Why would a sorority pick letters that look bad in English and Greek?"
"Why does your shirt say 'EAT'?"

1. It wasn't the first set of letters the found picked; it was changed
2. It's SDT, not STD.
3. They weren't called STDs back in the day, they were called VDs and probably other random names.
4. You can't tell the different between the letter A and a delta/triangle?

[tld221]

Originally Posted by GeorgiaGreek

"Why would a sorority pick letters that look bad in English and Greek?"
"Why does your shirt say 'EAT'?"

1. It wasn't the first set of letters the found picked; it was changed
2. It's SDT, not STD.
3. They weren't called STDs back in the day, they were called VDs and probably other random names.
4. You can't tell the different between the letter A and a delta/triangle?

I get ERP all the time, or worse, ETP/pregnancy jokes. My brother thinks it's hilarious.

[NinjaPoodle]

Originally Posted by tld221

I get ERP all the time, or worse, ETP/pregnancy jokes. My brother thinks it's hilarious.

Soror, pregnancy jokes? trying to figure out.

[honeychile]

"But you've always been a great student! Why would you join a sorority?"

If I had a dime for every time I heard that when I was in school, I would have been able to retire right out of college!

[naraht]

Originally Posted by NinjaPoodle

Soror, pregnancy jokes? trying to figure out.

I'm guessing that Sigma Gamma Rho "looks like" ETP, which get flip flopped to EPT (Early Pregnancy Test), but I don't know...

[NinjaPoodle]

Originally Posted by naraht

I'm guessing that Sigma Gamma Rho "looks like" ETP, which get flip flopped to EPT (Early Pregnancy Test), but I don't know...

I think you may be right on that one! *facepalm*