ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Geert Chatrou - Whistler
It all started as a practical joke: Geert Chatrou's sister-in-law entered him in the International Whistler's Convention in Louisburg, NC. To save face, he went … and won!

Why you should listen

Geert Chatrou has been whistling as long as he can remember. He plays the recorder and flute, but prefers whistling -- using only his lips as an instrument. In 2004 he won the whistling World Championships, and returned in 2005 to successfully defend his title. The 2008 World Championships were held in Japan, and Chatrou proved to be the world's best once again.

Chatrou was part of a prizewinning documentary about the 2004 International Whistling Convention, made by Emmy winners Kate Davis and David Heilbroner. This documentary, called "Pucker Up: The Fine Art of Whistling," has been screened in over 40 countries. Together with the Dutch group Ocobar, Chatrou made his debut album, "Chatroubadour" in 2005, with all songs specially written to fit his virtuoso whistling. In 2008, Chatrou released his latest album, "Ornithology," which brings out the "whistlability" of different music styles -- from jazz to klezmer to classic to pop.

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TEDxRotterdam 2010

Geert Chatrou: A whistleblower you haven't heard

Zviždač kojeg niste čuli

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Na TEDxRotterdamu, svjetski prvak u zviždanju Geert Chatrou izvodi ćudljivu "Eleonoru" od A. Honhoffa, i svoju vlastitu "Fete de la Belle." U fascinantnoj međuigri, on priča o tome što ga je dovelo do te vještine.
- Whistler
It all started as a practical joke: Geert Chatrou's sister-in-law entered him in the International Whistler's Convention in Louisburg, NC. To save face, he went … and won! Full bio

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(WhistlingZviždanje)
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Thank you.
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Hvala Vam.
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Thank you very much.
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Puno Vam hvala.
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That was whistlingzviždanje.
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To je bilo zviždanje.
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I'm tryingtežak to do this in Englishengleski.
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Pokušavam to raditi na engleskom.
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What is a chubbybucmast, curly-hairedkovrčave kose guy from HollandHolland --
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Što je debeljuškast, momak kovrčave kose iz Nizozemske --
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why is he whistlingzviždanje?
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zašto zviždi?
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Well actuallyzapravo, I've [been] whistlingzviždanje sinceod the agedob of fourčetiri, about fourčetiri.
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Pa zapravo, zviždim od svoje četvrte godine -- oko četvrte godine.
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My dadtata was always whistlingzviždanje around the housekuća,
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Moj otac je uvijek zviždao po kući,
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and I just thought that's partdio of communicationkomunikacija in my familyobitelj.
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a ja sam mislio kako je to dio komunikacije u mojoj obitelji.
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So I whistledFućkao alonguz with him.
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Stoga sam zviždao s njim.
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And actuallyzapravo, tilldo I was 34,
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I sve do svoje 34. godine,
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I always annoyedojađen and irritatedrazdražen people with whistlingzviždanje,
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uvijek sam smetao i iritirao ljude svojim zviždanjem.
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because, to be honestpošten,
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Jer, da budem iskren,
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my whistlingzviždanje is a kindljubazan of deviantdevijantna behaviorponašanje.
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moje zviždanje je vrsta izopaćenog ponašanja.
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I whistledFućkao alonesam. I whistledFućkao in the classroomučionica.
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Zviždao sam sam, zviždao sam u učionici,
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I whistledFućkao on [my] bikebicikl. I whistledFućkao everywheresvugdje, posvuda.
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zviždao sam na svom biciklu, zviždao sam svuda.
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And I alsotakođer whistledFućkao at a ChristmasBožić EveEve partystranka
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I zviždao sam na Božićnoj proslavi
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with my family-in-lawobitelj u zakon.
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sa svojom rodbinom.
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And they had some, in my opinionmišljenje,
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A oni su imali, po mom mišljenju,
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terribleužasan ChristmasBožić musicglazba.
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groznu Božićnu glazbu.
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And when I hearčuti musicglazba that I don't like,
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A kada čujem glazbu koja mi se ne sviđa,
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I try to make it better.
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pokušavam je poboljšati.
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So "RudolphRudolf the Red-NosedCrvenim nosom ReindeerSob" -- you know it?
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Dakle "Rudolph sob crvenog nosa" -- znate je?
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(WhistlingZviždanje)
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But it can alsotakođer soundzvuk like this.
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Ali isto tako može zvučati ovako.
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(WhistlingZviždanje)
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But duringza vrijeme a ChristmasBožić partystranka --
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Ali tijekom Božićne proslave --
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at dinnervečera actuallyzapravo -- it's very annoyingdosadan.
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zapravo tijekom večere -- bilo je veoma iritirajuće.
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So my sister-in-lawšogorica
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Stoga me moja šurjakinja
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askedpitao me a fewnekoliko timesputa, "Please stop whistlingzviždanje."
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zamolila nekoliko puta, "Molim te, prestani zviždati."
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And I just couldn'tne mogu.
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I jednostavno nisam mogao.
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And at one pointtočka -- and I had some winevino, I have to admitpriznati that --
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I u jednom trenutku -- popio sam nešto vina, moram priznati --
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at one pointtočka I said, "If there was a contestNatjecanje, I would joinpridružiti."
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u jednom trenutku sam rekao, "Kada bi postojalo natjecanje, prijavio bih se."
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And two weeksTjedni laterkasnije
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I dva tjedna kasnije
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I receivedprimljen a texttekst messageporuka: "You're going to AmericaAmerika."
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primio sam tekstualnu poruku: "Ideš u Ameriku."
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(LaughterSmijeh)
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(Smijeh)
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So, okay, I'm going to AmericaAmerika.
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Dakle, u redu, idem u Ameriku.
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I would love to, but why?
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Volio bih, ali zašto?
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So I immediatelyodmah calledzvao her up, of coursenaravno.
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Stoga sam je odmah nazvao, naravno.
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She GoogledGoogled,
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Ona je pretraživala Google
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and she foundpronađeno this WorldSvijet WhistlingZviždanje ChampionshipPrvenstvo
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i našla je to svjetsko natjecanje u zviždanju
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in AmericaAmerika, of coursenaravno.
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u Americi, naravno.
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She didn't expectočekivati me to go there.
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Nije očekivala da ću otići tamo.
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And I would have lostizgubljen my facelice.
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A ja bih izgubio svoj obraz.
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I don't know if that's correctispravan Englishengleski.
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Ne znam je li to pravilan engleski.
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But the Dutchnizozemski people here will understandrazumjeti what I mean.
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Ali Nizozemci ovdje će shvatiti što mislim.
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(LaughterSmijeh)
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I lostizgubljen my facelice.
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Izgubio sam obraz.
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(ApplausePljesak)
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And she thought, "He will never go there."
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I ona je pomislila, "Nikada neće otići tamo."
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But actuallyzapravo I did.
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Ali zapravo jesam.
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So I wentotišao to LouisburgLouisburg, NorthSjever CarolinaCarolina,
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Dakle, otišao sam u Louisburg, Sjeverna Karolina,
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southeastjugoistok UnitedUjedinjeni StatesDržava,
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jugoistok Sjedinjenih Država,
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and I enteredušao the worldsvijet of whistlingzviždanje.
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i zakoračio sam u svijet zviždanja.
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And I alsotakođer enteredušao the worldsvijet championshipprvenstvo,
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I ujedno sam ušao u svjetsko prvenstvo,
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and I wonwon there in 2004.
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i pobijedio sam tamo 2004. godine.
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That was
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To je bilo --
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great funzabava, of coursenaravno.
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To je bilo jako zabavno, naravno.
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And to defendbraniti my titletitula --
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A da bih obranio svoju titulu --
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like judokasjudokas do and sportsmensportaši --
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kao, znate, momci to rade i sportaši --
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I thought, well let's go back in 2005,
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pomislio sam, hajde da se vratim i 2005. godine,
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and I wonwon again.
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i ponovno sam pobijedio.
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Then I couldn'tne mogu participatesudjelovati for a fewnekoliko yearsgodina.
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Zatim nisam mogao sudjelovati nekoliko godina.
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And in 2008 I enteredušao again
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I 2008. godine ponovno sam ušao
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in JapanJapan, TokyoTokyo, and I wonwon again.
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u Japanu, Tokyo, i ponovno sam pobijedio.
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So what happeneddogodilo now
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Ono što se događa sada
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is I'm standingstajati here in RotterdamRotterdam, in the beautifullijep cityGrad, on a bigvelika stagefaza,
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jest da stojim ovdje u Rotterdamu, u prekrasnom gradu, na velikoj pozornici,
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and I'm talkingkoji govori about whistlingzviždanje.
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i pričam o zviždanju.
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And actuallyzapravo I earnzaraditi my moneynovac whistlingzviždanje at the momenttrenutak.
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I zapravo , trenutno, zarađujem zviždeći.
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So I quitprestati my day jobposao as a nursemedicinska sestra.
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Ostavio sam svoj dnevni posao kao sestra.
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And I try to liveživjeti my dreamsan --
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I pokušavam živjeti svoj san --
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well, actuallyzapravo, it was never my dreamsan, but it soundszvukovi so good.
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zapravo, to nikad nije bio moj san, ali zvuči tako dobro.
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Okay, I'm not the only one whistlingzviždanje here.
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U redu, nisam ovdje jedini koji zviždi.
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You say, "Huh, what do you mean?"
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Vi ćete reći, "Ha, kako to misliš?"
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Well actuallyzapravo, you are going to whistlezviždaljka alonguz.
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Pa zapravo, Vi ćete zviždati sa mnom.
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And then always the sameisti thing happensdogađa se:
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I tada se uvijek dogodi ista stvar:
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people are watchinggledanje eachsvaki other and think, "Oh, my God.
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ljudi gledaju jedni druge i misle, "O, moj Bože.
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Why? Can I go away?"
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Zašto? Mogu li otići?
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No, you can't.
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Ne, ne možete.
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ActuallyZapravo it's very simplejednostavan.
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Zapravo je vrlo jednostavno.
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The trackstaza that I will whistlezviždaljka
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Skladba koju ću zviždati
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is calledzvao "Fêtete dede laLa BelleLjepotice."
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se zove "Fete de la Belle."
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It's about 80 minutesminuta long.
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Traje otprilike 80 minuta.
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No, no, no. It's fourčetiri minutesminuta long.
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Ne, ne, ne. Traje četiri minute.
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And I want to first rehearsevježbati with you your whistlingzviždanje.
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I želim prvo s vama vježbati vaše zviždanje.
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So I whistlezviždaljka the toneton.
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Dakle, ja zazviždim jedan ton.
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(WhistlingZviždanje)
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Sorry. I forgotzaboravio one thing.
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Oprostite. Zaboravio sam jednu stvar.
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You whistlezviždaljka the sameisti toneton as me.
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Vi zazviždite isti ton kao i ja.
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(Smijeh)
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I heardčuo a wideširok varietyraznolikost of tonestonovi.
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Čuo sam široku paletu tonova.
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This is very promisingobećavajući.
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Ovo je jako obećavajuće.
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This is very promisingobećavajući.
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Ovo je jako obećavajuće.
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I'll askpitati the techniciansTehničari to startpočetak the musicglazba.
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Zamolit ću tehničare da puste glazbu.
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And if it's startedpočeo, I just pointtočka where you whistlezviždaljka alonguz,
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I kada počne, ja samo pokažem gdje da zviždite sa mnom,
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and we will see what happensdogađa se.
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i vidjet ćemo što će se dogoditi.
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Oh, hahHah.
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O, hah.
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I'm so sorry, techniciansTehničari.
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Ispričavam se, tehničari.
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(LaughterSmijeh)
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I'm so used to that.
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Toliko sam se naviknuo na to.
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I startpočetak it myselfsebe.
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Ja ću je pustiti.
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Okay, here it is.
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U redu, evo je.
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(LaughterSmijeh)
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(MusicGlazba)
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(WhistlingZviždanje)
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Okay.
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U redu.
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(WhistlingZviždanje)
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It's easylako, isn't it?
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Lagano je, zar ne?
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(WhistlingZviždanje)
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Now comesdolazi the soloSolo. I proposepredložiti I do that myselfsebe.
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Sada dolazi solo. Predlažem da ja to izvedem.
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(WhistlingZviždanje)
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MaxMax WestermanWesterman: GeertGert ChatrouChatrou, the WorldSvijet ChampionPrvak [of] WhistlingZviždanje.
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Max Westerman: Geert Chatrou, svjetski prvak u zviždanju.
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GeertGert ChatrouChatrou: Thank you. Thank you.
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Geert Chatrou: Hvala vam. Hvala vam.

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Geert Chatrou - Whistler
It all started as a practical joke: Geert Chatrou's sister-in-law entered him in the International Whistler's Convention in Louisburg, NC. To save face, he went … and won!

Why you should listen

Geert Chatrou has been whistling as long as he can remember. He plays the recorder and flute, but prefers whistling -- using only his lips as an instrument. In 2004 he won the whistling World Championships, and returned in 2005 to successfully defend his title. The 2008 World Championships were held in Japan, and Chatrou proved to be the world's best once again.

Chatrou was part of a prizewinning documentary about the 2004 International Whistling Convention, made by Emmy winners Kate Davis and David Heilbroner. This documentary, called "Pucker Up: The Fine Art of Whistling," has been screened in over 40 countries. Together with the Dutch group Ocobar, Chatrou made his debut album, "Chatroubadour" in 2005, with all songs specially written to fit his virtuoso whistling. In 2008, Chatrou released his latest album, "Ornithology," which brings out the "whistlability" of different music styles -- from jazz to klezmer to classic to pop.

More profile about the speaker
Geert Chatrou | Speaker | TED.com