Pennsylvania Three - Text
This white, Russian-Jewish woman, mid-forties, an executive secretary, was born and raised in Philadelphia, PA. She describes her family and talks about her job at a university. She was recorded by Cynthia Blaise on 7/15/99 and edited by Paul Meier on 12/01/99. Running time 00:01:55.
TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH
Okay, so here I am, and again I say, I work at Temple University. (um) I’ve been here a long time, but not as long as a lot of people I know. And I’m married and I have two absolutely gorgeous children. Their names are Mira who’s 21 and Kenny who’s 17 and a half. And again, I’m happily married – to Nick Frye, who’s my buddy . Uh, let’s see… What else can I tell you about myself? I lived in Philadelphia just about all my life. I was – Nick is my second husband. I was married for seven years to Bob, my children’s dad. And (uh) I’ve traveled a lot, although not that much in my latter years, more in my twenties. And (um) I do my best to live by the Golden Rule and do unto others as I would have others do unto me. And, really value friendship and love and integrity, as directions to move towards in life.
Transcribed by Jacqueline Baker and her students, August 2007