I'm Italian...
why do you say "sweet sixteen" and not "sixteen"?? please answer my question
2007-08-09 08:46:21 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
they call it sweet sixteen because it's a realization that a young lady will blossom into a beautiful lady. And it usually starts when one turns 16 years old.. Enjoy being beautiful & young!!
2007-08-09 08:54:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sweet sixteen parties began as coming-of-age ceremony for young Jewish women. Christian girls began to adopt the practice as coming-out into society.
The tern "sweet" has to do with the presumed innocence of girls at 16. Pure and "un-kissed" there fore still "sweet and innocent". Plus the alliteration of the words Sweet and Sixteen made it popular to say.
2007-08-09 15:58:55 · answer #2 · answered by DIVERT 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's to do with being "sweet, sixteen and never been kissed."
2007-08-11 10:16:04 · answer #3 · answered by frozenflavouredmilk 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Probably because sixteen is the age at which most boys and girls are at their 'sweetest' - between childhood and adulthood - I don't know of any deeper explanation.
Ciao,
JJ
2007-08-09 15:55:11 · answer #4 · answered by JJ 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋