61 years ago...

[shana]

... at a judge's office in Philadelphia, my parents got married. They then went to Atlantic City for their honeymoon

Comments

[denelian]

first - congrats to them! that is totally awesome! i have only know one couple to be together for that long

but, second... what is a shiksa? i have either not heard the term before, or it isn't pronounced how i'm reading it so i am not recognizing it...

[shana]

Thank you.

A shiksa is a girl or woman who isn't Jewish.

[denelian]

ah - i knew it had to be a word that i spelled wrong and heard differently than it was spelled here.

is it pronounced "CheekZa"? that is how i am reading it - but when i have heard (what i think is the word) i hear "Shiesksa". that may just be me hearing it wrong, actually - i do that, with a lot of words (me, taking German, bad - me, taking Arabic, impossible. i was the worst. student. ever. sigh)

thanks!

[shana]

We pronounce it as I spelled it, with the 'i' sounded as in 'fish'.

Other dialects may be different.

[blackhanddpants]

Awww, how sweet!

[shana]

Thank you.