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Greek letters
are often used to represent functions in mathematics and science.
The name Phi Theta Kappa was taken from the initial letters of the
three Greek words meaning "wisdom," "aspiration" and "purity." Can
you see the origin of the word "alphabet"?
Chapters of
the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society are assigned names using Greek
letters. Skyline's chapter is Beta Theta Omicron or BQO.
Right from its inception, we called our chapter "BOO"
because standard text email doesn't accomodate foreign letters or
symbols. Likewise, Internet addresses or Universal Resource Locators
(URLs) can only use English letters. Beta Theta Omicron takes too
many keystrokes for quick notes or a URL; this left the following
choices:
- BQO - These
are the keys you use to get BQO in
symbol font on a computer.
- BTO - Although
this might look like an abbreviation for Beta Theta Omicron, this
represents the Greek letters Beta Tau Omicron.
- BOO - This
became a visual shorthand for Beta Theta Omicron and led to our
mascot (right).
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| A,
a |
B,
b |
G,
g |
D,
d |
E,
e |
Z,
z |
H,
h |
Q,
q |
I,
i |
K,
k |
L,
l |
M,
m |
| alpha |
beta |
gamma |
delta |
epsilon |
zeta |
eta |
theta |
iota |
kappa |
lambda |
mu |
| N,
n |
X,
x |
O,
o |
P,
p |
R,
r |
S,
s |
T,
t |
U,
u |
F,
f |
C,
c |
Y,
y |
W,
v,
w |
| nu |
xi |
omicron |
pi |
rho |
sigma |
tau |
upsilon |
phi |
chi |
psi |
omega |
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