Yes. Its a well known thing. They are the letters of the Greek alphabet most commonly used to name University sororities and fraternities. They are also widely used in mathematics, science, engineering, etc
The complete alphabet is: alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta, eta, theta, iota, kappa, lambda, mu, nu, xi, omicron, pi, rho, sigma, tau, upsilon, phi, chi, psi, omega
I guess I'll take your word for it, but a quick google search of those three didn't turn up anything other than that particular Greek organization. Also, surely pi and theta and others are very common in math and related disciplines as well?
I don't think the claim is that the specific triple of Delta+Epsilon+Zeta refers to anything particularly well known.
Rather just that those are the order that those three appear in the alphabet. So given δ and ζ, the one that comes sequentially between them (i.e.: "in the middle") is ε.
Like in the Latin alphabet, if one were given D and F, then the one in the middle would have to be E, because that's the sequence. Not because the triple D+E+F necessarily refers to anything particular in isolation.
I would be really interested to see the statistics of people off the street taking this quiz. Love how Jetpunk users foud Latvia and Nicaragua easier than Lettuce.
Yeah, but the location of Latvia and Nicaragua are global facts. The lettuce thing must be some cultural thing because I still have no idea what the order bacon-lettuce-tomato represents. Never eaten those three things at the same time (unless perhaps in a hamburger).
I kept trying "salad" instead of "lettuce", because I knew what is in this kind of sandwich, but english's not my first language and "salade" is way more current than "laitue" in french
I always heard it as "hear no, see no, speak no evil," which is still different than the quiz's order, but it's apparent from the question what the answer should be, so I think it's all good.
I didn't recognise The Sorcerer's Stone as the first book in the series though - I've never seen that title before!
The complete alphabet is: alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta, eta, theta, iota, kappa, lambda, mu, nu, xi, omicron, pi, rho, sigma, tau, upsilon, phi, chi, psi, omega
I guess I'll take your word for it, but a quick google search of those three didn't turn up anything other than that particular Greek organization. Also, surely pi and theta and others are very common in math and related disciplines as well?
Rather just that those are the order that those three appear in the alphabet. So given δ and ζ, the one that comes sequentially between them (i.e.: "in the middle") is ε.
Like in the Latin alphabet, if one were given D and F, then the one in the middle would have to be E, because that's the sequence. Not because the triple D+E+F necessarily refers to anything particular in isolation.
2. ???
3. Profit