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[irmamar]

Originally Posted by EmpanadaRica

Es mejor que ser un 'placido domingo'..

La hermandad femina (? es decir durante sus estudios en la universidad) se llamó 'Poco Loco' .. creo que en su caso sea mejor si se han olvidado el 'poco' ..



O tal vez una combinación de estas caritas me imagino..

Estoy perdida, ¿hermandad femenina? ¿Poco Loco? Tal vez me estoy volviendo

[EmpanadaRica]

Originally Posted by irmamar

Estoy perdida, ¿hermandad femenina? ¿Poco Loco? Tal vez me estoy volviendo

Haha siento mucho..

I wanted to say 'sorority' but my dictionary comes up with ' hermandad feminina' ?? It' s like a student's club at university, that you can join, and that does all sorts of activities.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fratern...and_sororities

Her group within the sorority (because they all had subgroups ) was called 'Poco Loco' - but I think they could have left out the 'poco' with all the mad & silly stuff they got up to..

Hope that clarified matters somewhat

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by EmpanadaRica

Haha siento mucho..

I wanted to say 'sorority' but my dictionary comes up with ' hermandad feminina' ?? It' s like a student's club at university, that you can join, and that does all sorts of activities.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fratern...and_sororities

Her group within the sorority (because they all had subgroups ) was called 'Poco Loco' - but I think they could have left out the 'poco' with all the mad & silly stuff they got up to..

Hope that clarified matters somewhat

I've seen those sorority (hermandad femenina) watchin USA movies. There aren't any here. Are there those also in Holland?

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by EmpanadaRica

Haha siento mucho..

I wanted to say 'sorority' but my dictionary comes up with ' hermandad feminina' ?? It' s like a student's club at university, that you can join, and that does all sorts of activities.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fratern...and_sororities

Her group within the sorority (because they all had subgroups ) was called 'Poco Loco' - but I think they could have left out the 'poco' with all the mad & silly stuff they got up to..

Hope that clarified matters somewhat

I've seen those sorority (hermandad femenina) watching USA movies. There aren't any here. Are there those also in Holland?

[EmpanadaRica]

Originally Posted by irmamar

I've seen those sorority (hermandad femenina) watching USA movies. There aren't any here. Are there those also in Holland?

Well not quite the same as in America, but in some universities (like the one my sister went to) there is more of a tradition yes. And they do the whole initiation rites as well which can be rather extreme, sometimes putting people' s health in danger... It' s called ' ontgroening' meaning literally 'de-greening' - to stop being 'green' or 'a newbie'.

Sometimes you read about these rather stupid (imho..) student pranks that almost go wrong especially in the 'ontgroening'.. And my sister' s one got up to some pretty silly things as far as I am concerned but then again in Amsterdam neither of both the universities that we have here here has a big tradition in these sororities (thank god..) and there are plenty of other occasions and possibilities to socialize so I never had to do that when I was at university.. It' s really so not my kind of thing..

[irmamar]

I don't like them, either. You go to University to study, not to put somebody in risk. I'd like them if they were some groups to study something (to profound in some matter), or even to do another things, such as composing music, picture, etc. Cultural things, not strange things.

[EmpanadaRica]

Originally Posted by irmamar

I don't like them, either. You go to University to study, not to put somebody in risk. I'd like them if they were some groups to study something (to profound in some matter), or even to do another things, such as composing music, picture, etc. Cultural things, not strange things.

¡ Estoy completamente de acuerdo contigo!

Down with Sororities!!! (Not to be confused with
'I'm down with sorotities' .... )
http://dictionary.babylon.com/down%20with

[poli]

Nunca ingresé en una fraternidad, pero la gente lo hace por razones sociales. En algunas fraternidaded los socios desarollan un red de conecciones sociales (que incluye la búsqueda de empleo) que les dura todo su vida. En las fraternidades de alto prestigio organizan caridades en que los miembros de la fraternidad participan en servicios de la comunidad.

Ahora estoy jugando devils advocate.
¿Como se dice Devils avocate en español.? ¿Abogado del diablo?

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by poli

Nunca ingresé en una fraternidad, pero la gente lo hace por razones sociales. En algunas fraternidaded los socios desarollan un red de conecciones sociales (que incluye la búsqueda de empleo) que les dura todo su vida. En las fraternidades de alto prestigio organizan caridades en que los miembros de la fraternidad participan en servicios de la comunidad.

Ahora estoy jugando devils advocate.
¿Como se dice Devils avocate en español.? ¿Abogado del diablo?

Yes, abogado del diablo

When you're studying in a University, are you able to avoid these fraternities?

[poli]

No hay ningún obligación meterse en una fraternidad. Cuando los jovenes
metrican en las escuelas, a veces es su primera vez afuera de la familia y
buscan las fraterniadades que sirven como una familia surrogato.

Thanks for confiming that abagado del diablo = devils advocate