ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Julia Sweeney - Actor, comedian, playwright
Julia Sweeney creates comedic works that tackle deep issues: cancer, family, faith.

Why you should listen

Julia Sweeney is a writer, director, actress, comedian and monologist. She is known for being a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1990 to 1995, where she created and popularized the androgynous character, Pat. She is also well known for her comedic and dramatic monologues. God Said Ha! is a monologue about serious illness, her brother's lymphoma and her own cancer, and her family's crazy reactions to this crisis as they soldiered their way through struggle, confusion and death. This play was performed all over the U.S. and on Broadway at the Lyceum Theater. It was made into a film produced by Quentin Tarantino, and the comedy album from the show was nominated for a Grammy.

Sweeney's second monologue, In the Family Way, played in theatrical runs in New York and Los Angeles. It was ultimately fashioned into a book, a memoir titled If It's Not One Thing, It's Your Mother. Sweeney's third monologue, Letting Go of God, chronicled her journey from Catholicism to atheism. It was made into a film that played on Showtime.

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Julia Sweeney: It's time for "The Talk"

Julia Sweeney má "Rozhovor" so svojou osem-ročnou dcérkou

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Napriek všetkým snahám, komediantka Julia Sweeney bola prinútená povedať malú lož, keď sa jej 8-ročná dcéra začala učiť o reprodukcii žiab a začala sa pýtať veľmi záludné otázky.
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I have a daughterdcéra, MulanMulan.
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Mám dcéru, Mulan.
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And when she was eightosem, last yearrok,
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A keď mala osem rokov, pred rokom,
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she was doing a reportspráva for schoolškolské
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pracovala na jednom referáte do školy
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or she had some homeworkdomáca úloha about frogsžaby.
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alebo mala vlastne nejakú úlohu o žabách.
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And we were at this restaurantreštaurácia,
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A tak sme si sedeli v jednej reštaurácii,
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and she said, "So, basicallyv podstate,
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a zrazu mi hovorí, "Takže, v zásade,
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frogsžaby laypoložiť eggsvajcia
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žaby kladú vajíčka
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and the eggsvajcia turnotočenie into tadpolesžubrienky,
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a z vajíčok sa potom stávajú žubrienky
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and tadpolesžubrienky turnotočenie into frogsžaby."
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a zo žubrienok sa potom stávajú žaby."
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And I said, "Yeah. You know, I'm not really up on my frogžaba reproductionreprodukcia that much.
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A ja na to: "Vieš, ja o žabej reprodukcii až toľko neviem.
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It's the femalesženy, I think, that laypoložiť the eggsvajcia,
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Myslím si, že samičky sú tie, čo nakladú vajíčka
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and then the malesmuži fertilizehnojenie them.
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a že potom ich samčekovia oplodnia.
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And then they becomestať sa tadpolesžubrienky and frogsžaby."
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A potom sa z nich stanú neskôr žubrienky a žaby."
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And she sayshovorí, "What? Only the femalesženy have eggsvajcia?"
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A ona na to: "Čože? Iba samičky majú vajíčka?"
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And I said, "Yeah."
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A ja na to: "Jasné."
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And she goeside, "And what's this fertilizinghnojenie?"
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A ona na to: "A čo je vlastne to oplodňovanie?"
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So I kinddruh of said, "Oh, it's this extraextra ingredientzložka,
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Takže som jej tak nejak povedala: "Oh, existuje taká špeciálna ingrediencia,
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you know, that you need
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vieš, ktorá slúži na to,
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to createvytvoriť a newNový frogžaba
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aby vznikla nová žabka
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from the mommamička and dadocko frogžaba." (LaughterSmiech)
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z mamy žaby a otca žabiaka." (Smiech)
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And she said, "Oh, so is that truepravdivý for humansľudia too?"
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A ona na to: "Aha, a platí to aj pre ľudí?"
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And I thought, "Okay, here we go."
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A tak som si pomyslela: "Tak už to tu máme."
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I didn't know it would happenstať sa so quickrýchly, at eightosem.
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Nikdy by som si nepomyslela, že to príde tak skoro, v jej ôsmich rokoch.
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I was tryingsnažia to rememberpamätať all the guidebookssprievodcov,
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Snažila som si spomenúť na to, čo sa píše vo všetkých príručkách
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and all I could rememberpamätať was,
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a jediné, na čo som bola schopná si spomenúť, bolo:
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"Only answerodpoveď the questionotázka they're askingpýta.
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"Zodpovedajte iba na otázky, na ktoré sa vás pýtajú.
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Don't give any more informationinformácie." (LaughterSmiech)
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Nepodávajte im žiadne ďalšie informácie." (Smiech)
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So I said, "Yes."
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A tak som jej odpovedala: "Áno."
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And she said, "And where do, umUM,
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A ona na to: "Hmm, a kam vlastne
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where do humančlovek womenženy,
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ľudské samičky
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like, where do womenženy laypoložiť theirich eggsvajcia?"
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akože ženy, kladú vajíčka?
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And I said, "Well,
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A ja na to: "Hmm,
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funnysmiešny you should askopýtať sa. (LaughterSmiech)
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zaujímavé, že sa na to pýtaš. (Smiech)
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We have evolvedvyvinuli to have our ownvlastný pondrybník.
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My sme si vyvinuli taký vlastný rybníček.
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We have our very ownvlastný pondrybník insidevnútri our bodiesorgány.
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Máme taký vlastný rybníček priamo v našich telách.
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And we laypoložiť our eggsvajcia there,
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A kladieme si tam vajíčka sami,
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we don't have to worryznepokojovať about other eggsvajcia or anything like that.
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nemusíme riešiť vajíčka iných ani nič také.
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It's our ownvlastný pondrybník. And that's how it happensdeje."
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Je to náš vlastný rybníček. A tak to vlastne je."
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And she goeside, "Then how do they get fertilizedoplodnené?"
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A ona na to: "A tak potom, ako sa vlastne tie vajíčka oplodnia?"
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And I said, "Well,
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A ja na to: "Tak to máš tak,
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MenMuži, throughskrz theirich penispenis,
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muži, pomocou penisu
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they fertilizehnojenie the eggsvajcia by the spermspermie comingPrichádza out.
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oplodnia vajíčka spermiami, ktoré z neho vychádzajú.
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And you go throughskrz the woman'sženy vaginavagína."
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A to sa vlastne deje cez ženskú vagínu."
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And so we're just eatingjesť, and her jawčeľuste just dropskvapky,
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Práve vtedy sme obedovali a zrazu jej spadla sánka,
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and she goeside, "MomMama!
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a ona na to: "Mamí!
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Like, where you go to the bathroomkúpeľňa?"
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To akože tade, kde chodíme na záchod?"
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And I said, "I know.
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A ja som povedala: "Tak to už bude.
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I know."
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Tak to už bude."
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(LaughterSmiech)
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(Smiech)
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That's how we evolvedvyvinuli. It does seempripadať oddzvláštny.
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Takto sme sa vyvinuli. Viem, že to znie divne.
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It is a little bittrocha like havingmajúce a wasteodpad treatmentliečba plantrastlina
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Je to ako mať skládku odpadu
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right nextĎalšie to an amusementzábavný parkpark ...
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vedľa zábavného parku ...
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Badzlý zoningzónovania, but ..." (LaughterSmiech)
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Trošku zlá lokalizácia, ale ... (smiech)
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She's like, "What?" And she goeside, "But MomMama,
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A ona na to: "Cože?" a pokračuje, "Ale mami,
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but menmuži and womenženy can't ever see eachkaždý other nakednahý, MomMama.
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veď muž a žena sa predsa nemôžu vidieť nahí, však, mami.
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So how could that ever happenstať sa?"
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Tak ako sa to všetko vlastne môže stať?
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And then I go, "Well," and then I put my MargaretMargaret MeadMedovina hatklobúk on.
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A tak som jej odpovedala: "Vieš", a tak som si nasadila môj klobúk Margaret Meadovej (známa americká antropologička).
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"HumanĽudské malesmuži and femalesženy
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"Keď ľudskí samčekovia a samičky
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developvypracovať a specialšpeciálna bonddlhopis,
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vytvoria medzi sebou špeciálne puto,
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and when they're much olderstaršie, much, much olderstaršie than you,
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a keď sú oveľa oveľa oveľa starší než si ty teraz
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and they have a very specialšpeciálna feelingpocit,
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a cítia k sebe špeciálne city,
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then they can be nakednahý togetherspolu."
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potom spolu môžu byť aj nahí."
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And she said, "MomMama,
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A na to sa spýtala,: "Mami,
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have you donehotový this before?"
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ty už si to niekedy spravila?"
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And I said, "Yes."
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A na to som odpovedala: "Áno."
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And she said, "But MomMama, you can't have kidsdeti."
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A ona na to: "Ale mami, veď ty predsa deti mať nemôžeš."
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Because she knowsvie that I adoptedprijaté her and that I can't have kidsdeti.
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Ona vie, že som si ju adoptovala a že nemôžem mať deti.
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And I said, "Yes."
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A na to som jej odpovedala: "Áno."
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And she said, "Well, you don't have to do that again."
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A tak mi odvetí: "No, aspoň to už nemusíš viac robiť."
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And I said, "..."
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A ja na to: "..."
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And then she said, "But how does it happenstať sa when a man and womanžena are togetherspolu?
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A hneď na to sa spýtala: "A ako sa to vlastne odohráva, keď sú spolu muž a žena?
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Like, how do they know that's the time?
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Akože, ako vedia, že nastal ten správny čas?
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MomMama, does the man just say,
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Mami, je to tak, že muž jednoducho povie:
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'Is now the time to take off my pantsnohavice?'"
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"Je čas si dať dole nohavice?"
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(LaughterSmiech)
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(Smiech)
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And I said, "Yes."
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A ja na to: "Áno."
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(LaughterSmiech)
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(Smiech)
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"That is exactlypresne right.
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"Tak to presne je.
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That's exactlypresne how it happensdeje."
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Tak sa to presne odohráva."
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So we're drivingvodičský home and she's looking out the windowokno, and she goeside,
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A tak si ideme domov autom a ona sa pozerá z okna a povie:
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"MomMama. What if two just people saw eachkaždý other on the streetpouličné,
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"Mami, čo ak by sa dvaja ľudia len tak stretli na ulici,
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like a man and a womanžena, they just startedzahájená doing it. Would that ever happenstať sa?"
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akože muž a žena, a začali by to robiť. Bolo by to možné?"
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And I said, "Oh, no. HumansČloveka are so privatesúkromné.
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A ja na to: "Ale nie, ľudia sú oveľa diskrétnejší.
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Oh ..."
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Aha ..."
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And then she goeside, "What if there was like a partyvečierok,
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A potom povedala: "A ak by boli na večierku
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and there was just like a wholecelý bunchchumáč of girlsdievčatá and a wholecelý bunchchumáč of boyschlapci,
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a boli by tam celé skupiny dievčat a chlapcov.
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and there was a bunchchumáč of menmuži and womenženy and they just startedzahájená doing it, MomMama?
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a mužov a žien a začali to robiť?
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Would that ever happenstať sa?"
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Mohlo by sa to stať?"
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And I said, "Oh, no, no.
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A ja jej na to: "Ale nie, to určite nie.
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That's not how we do it."
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Tak to predsa ako ľudia nerobíme."
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Then we got home and we see the catmačka. And she goeside,
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A tak sme sa vrátili domov a vidíme mačku. A ona mi vraví:
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"MomMama, how do catsmačky do it?"
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"Mami, ale ako to robia mačky?"
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And I go, "Oh, it's the samerovnaký. It's basicallyv podstate the samerovnaký."
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A ja na to: "Ale predsa tak isto, je to v podstate to isté ako ostatní."
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And then she got all caughtchytený up in the legsnohy. "But how would the legsnohy go, MomMama?
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A potom ju zaujala strašne téma nôh. "Ale ako si tá mačka dá teda tie nohy, mami?
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I don't understandrozumieť the legsnohy."
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Nechápem to s tými nohami."
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She goeside, "MomMama, everyonekaždý can't do the splitsrozdelí."
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A pokračuje, "Mami, veď predsa všetky živočíchy sa nemôžu rozkročiť."
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And I go, "I know, but the legsnohy ..."
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A na to ja: "Viem, ale nohy ..."
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and I'm probablypravdepodobne like, "The legsnohy get workedpracoval out."
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a na to jej odpoviem: "Nohy sa vždy nejak vyriešia."
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And she goeside, "But I just can't understandrozumieť it."
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A ona na to: "Ale ja to vôbec nechápem."
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So I go, "You know, why don't we go on the InternetInternet,
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A tak sa snažím vysvetliť: "Vieš čo, prečo si to radšej nenájdeme na internete
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and maybe we can see ... like on WikipediaWikipedia." (LaughterSmiech)
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a možno to tam nájdeme ... ako napríklad na Wikipédii."
(Smiech)
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So we go onlineon-line, and we put in "catsmačky matingpárenie."
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A tak sme šli na net a zadali sme vyhľadávať "párenie mačiek".
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And, unfortunatelyNanešťastie, on YouTubeYouTube, there's manyveľa catsmačky matingpárenie videosvideá.
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A bohužiaľ jeden môže na YouTube nájsť veľa videí mačiek ako sa pária.
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And we watchedsledoval them and I'm so thankfulvďačný,
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A tak sme sa na ne dívali a ja som bola taká vďačná za ne,
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because she's just like, "WowWow! This is so amazingúžasný."
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pretože moja dcéra len vravela: " Wow, to je úžasné."
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She goeside, "What about dogspsi?"
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A potom: "A čo psy?"
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So we put in dogspsi matingpárenie, and,
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A tak sme si našli videá páriacich sa psov
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you know, we're watchingsledovanie it, and she's totallynaprosto absorbedvstrebáva.
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a dívali sme sa na ne a ju tie videá úplne pohltili.
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And then she goeside, "MomMama,
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A potom povie: "Mami,
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do you think they would have, on the InternetInternet,
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myslíš, že by sme mohli nájsť na Internete tiež
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any humansľudia matingpárenie?"
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aj ľudské párenie?"
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(Smiech)
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And then I realizedsi uvedomil, that
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A v tom som si uvedomila,
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I had takenzaujatý my little eightosem yearrok old'sstarý je handručné,
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že som zaviedla moje osemročné dievčatko krok po kroku
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and takenzaujatý her right into InternetInternet pornporno. (LaughterSmiech)
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až priamo k pornu na Internete. (Smiech)
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And I lookedpozrel into this
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A tak som sa pozrela do jej
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trustingdôverujúci, lovingmilujúca facetvár,
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dôverčivých, milujúcich očí
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and I said,
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a povedala
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"Oh, no.
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"Ale nie,
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That would never happenstať sa."
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to by tam určite nebolo."
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Thank you.
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Ďakujem.
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(ApplausePotlesk)
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(Potlesk)
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Thank you.
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Ďakujem.
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(ApplausePotlesk)
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(Potlesk)
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Thank you. I'm so happyšťastný to be here.
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Ďakujem, naozaj som veľmi šťastná, že ste ma pozvali.
Translated by Zuzana Piovarciova
Reviewed by Dana Retová

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Julia Sweeney - Actor, comedian, playwright
Julia Sweeney creates comedic works that tackle deep issues: cancer, family, faith.

Why you should listen

Julia Sweeney is a writer, director, actress, comedian and monologist. She is known for being a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1990 to 1995, where she created and popularized the androgynous character, Pat. She is also well known for her comedic and dramatic monologues. God Said Ha! is a monologue about serious illness, her brother's lymphoma and her own cancer, and her family's crazy reactions to this crisis as they soldiered their way through struggle, confusion and death. This play was performed all over the U.S. and on Broadway at the Lyceum Theater. It was made into a film produced by Quentin Tarantino, and the comedy album from the show was nominated for a Grammy.

Sweeney's second monologue, In the Family Way, played in theatrical runs in New York and Los Angeles. It was ultimately fashioned into a book, a memoir titled If It's Not One Thing, It's Your Mother. Sweeney's third monologue, Letting Go of God, chronicled her journey from Catholicism to atheism. It was made into a film that played on Showtime.

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Julia Sweeney | Speaker | TED.com

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