Why is it Alpha Phi and not Alpha Phi?

Alpha Phi is pronounced Alpha "fee" (long "e") not "fie" because "Alpha" is a vowel and "Phi" is pronounced "fee" when it follows a vowel. Alpha Phi became the first NPC international/national member to have a site on the World Wide Web in 1995.

Why is Phi pronounced differently?

Did you know that we pronounce "Phi" in Alpha Phi like “fee” because it's the preferred Greek pronunciation of the letter Φ following a vowel? Dr. Wellesley Coddington, our first advisor, had great knowledge of the Greek language and informed our founders of the pronunciation!

Is Phi pronounced fee or FYE?

The correct Greek pronunciation of the letter Φ is “fee.” That's how the letter is pronounced in most European countries, as well. Most Americans pronounce the letter Φ as “fi.”

Is it Phi or Phee?

Yes, the pronunciation of φ as "Phee" is based on the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), which is widely used in the scientific community. In the IPA, the letter phi is represented as /fi:/, which is closest to the pronunciation of "Phee".

Why is Alpha Phi pronounced Phee?

Alpha Phi is pronounced Alpha "fee" (long "e") not "fie" because "Alpha" is a vowel and "Phi" is pronounced "fee" when it follows a vowel. Alpha Phi became the first NPC international/national member to have a site on the World Wide Web in 1995.

Why I Renounced Alpha Phi Alpha & The Truth of Black Greek Fraternities and Sororities

Why is phi spelled with PH?

Greek Phi was once pronounced as a hard "P" in Ancient Greek. So, Latin inscriptions wrote it as "PH" to show that it's a P sound, but with more air with H. As Greek changed, so did the Greek based English words. In Modern Greek, Phi is pronounced as "F", and no longer like "PH"/a hard P.

What is Alpha Phi official name?

Alpha Phi International Women's Fraternity (ΑΦ, also known as APhi) is an international sorority with 175 active chapters and over 270,000 initiated members.

Is there a rule for PH or F?

There is a history for the use of ph, but there is no rule. Words that are spelled using ph instead of f have their origins in Greek, words such as orphan, physician, and philosophy. However, it seems that scholars of the English Renaissance had a penchant for digraphs like ph and began adding it in place of f.

Is phi the letter P?

Σ σ sigma, pronounced like the s in set. The form ς is only used at the end of a word. Φ φ phi, pronounced like the p in pot (an aspirated p) originally, later like the f in foot.

What is the biggest black fraternity?

Alpha Phi Alpha has over 290,000 members and more than 730 active chapters in the Americas, Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, and Asia. The Greek organization continues to support charitable initiatives like Head Start, Project Alpha, and Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.

What is the sister sorority to Alpha Phi Alpha?

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. & Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. have developed a tradition for their members to reference their association to each other as Lyle Love.

Did Kappas ask sigmas to merge?

Described in the Sigma's history as an "rather unusual bid, " the invitation came from Elder Watson Diggs, founder of Kappa. The letter was dated December 11, 1915, and was typed on official stationery with Diggs listed as Polemarch. After careful consideration, Sigma's General Board turned down the offer.

What sorority was Kourtney Kardashian in?

Kourtney was a member of Alpha Phi at ASU.

When did Alpha Phi Alpha become interracial?

True to its form as the “first of firsts,” Alpha Phi Alpha has been interracial since 1945. Since its founding on December 4, 1906™, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. has supplied voice and vision to the struggle of African Americans and people of color around the world.

Is Alpha Phi a top tier sorority?

Middle Tier (alphabetical order) Alpha Phi, hot, wild, not great reputation, Chi Omega doesn't focus on money or looks, bookish, Delta Delta Delta, the anti-sorority sorority doesn't really care about appearance or status. Lower Tier (alphabetical order) Alpha Chi Omega, new, nice, trying hard.

Why is ph not a Digraph?

In short, when pronounced as a sequence of the two phonemes /p/ and /h/ (within separate syllables), ph is not a digraph – this is in the same way as bl in problem, bs in observe, and pt in laptop are not digraphs.

What does phi symbolize?

The letter Phi is used to represent the golden ratio (which is about 1.618).

What is the F in the Greek alphabet?

The romanization of the Modern Greek phoneme is therefore usually ⟨f⟩. It may be that phi originated as the letter qoppa (Ϙ, ϙ), and initially represented the sound /kʷʰ/ before shifting to Classical Greek [pʰ]. In traditional Greek numerals, phi has a value of 500 (φʹ) or 500,000 (͵φ).