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Ripcord22A

Site Benefactor
Is it a PHA thing to refer to other MM as square? Ive never experienced it till i joined this board......more so it seems those from "clandestine" lodges are the ones that say it......thoughts?
 

mrpierce17

KOP Council director / Lodge instructor
Premium Member
I have heard this phrase used by both PHA & Non-PHA mason, it is a common phrase used by masons in the US. as far as it being a clandestine thing this is the first time I heard of that ???
 

Bro. Stewart P.M.

Lead Moderator Emeritus
Staff Member
I have heard it before, mostly from the PHA side of TX Masonry. Never bothered me to hear it, once I got used to hearing it.

Just another friendly way of greeting another Brother, that exposes nothing and recognizes the Fraternal connection.
 

Ripcord22A

Site Benefactor
I doesnt bother me either. Ive only heard it on here and noticed that mostly those that say it seem to be from 4letter pha lodges
 

Bro. Stewart P.M.

Lead Moderator Emeritus
Staff Member
I doesnt bother me either. Ive only heard it on here and noticed that mostly those that say it seem to be from 4letter pha lodges


I don't believe that it's only limited to a specific group. There is a mixed bag of Masonic grouped Brethren at my work, it is most certainly mainstream & irregular PHA related.
 
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Mike Martin

Eternal Apprentice
Premium Member
Is it a PHA thing to refer to other MM as square? Ive never experienced it till i joined this board......more so it seems those from "clandestine" lodges are the ones that say it......thoughts?
Do you mean "On the Square" rather than just "square"?

If yes it is very common on both sides of the Atlantic, as we all tend to meet and sometimes part on the Square.
 

Ripcord22A

Site Benefactor
No i mean "Square"....look through the forum there alot of PHA brethren from both regular and recognized and clandestine lodges that say things like "thanks Square"
 

mrpierce17

KOP Council director / Lodge instructor
Premium Member
Just another way to say hello from one brother to another travel long enough and you will hear it
 

mrpierce17

KOP Council director / Lodge instructor
Premium Member
Funny how a phrase/word I have seen used in many Doo-wop movies ,and has probably been around far before then to describe a upright rule abiding person ,could have found its way in to a noble and honorable fraternity such as ours ,and then like so many things lost in time and translation disappeared. It blew my mind when I thought about it after becoming a Mason .
 

amaya14

Registered User
I just realized that I have heard the square word outside the Masonic world. In my military career I always heard of this word but I just realized it was just to keep me in the same level as everyone else.

This is great education.
 
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