Why do the names of North American fraternities and sororities generally consist of two or three Greek letters? Some letters seem also more used than others, why?
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"The names of North American fraternities and sororities generally consist of two or three Greek letters, often abbreviating a Greek motto. For this reason, fraternities and sororities are known collectively as a Greek Community or Greek Society and its members as Greeks. The use of Greek letters started with the first such organization, Phi Beta Kappa, which used Greek letters to hide their secret name." "...The Phi Beta Kappa Society, founded on December 5, 1776 at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, is generally recognized to be the first Greek-letter student society in North America..." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraternities_and_sororities#Terminology
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