My Fair Lady
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1:02:00
Pickering, this is going to be ghastly.
1:02:02
Control yourself, Higgins.
Give the girl a chance.

1:02:04
I suppose you can't expect her
to get it right the first time.

1:02:07
Come here, Eliza, and watch closely.
1:02:13
Now, you see that flame?
1:02:15
Every time you pronounce the letter "H"
correctly the flame will waver...

1:02:18
...and every time you drop your "H"
the flame will remain stationary.

1:02:22
That's how to know
you've done it correctly.

1:02:23
In time, your ear will hear the difference.
1:02:25
You'll see it better in the mirror.
Now listen carefully.

1:02:29
"In Hartford, Hereford and Hampshire...
1:02:33
"...hurricanes hardly ever happen."
1:02:37
Now you repeat that after me.
1:02:40
"In Hartford, Hereford and Hampshire,
hurricanes hardly ever happen."

1:02:43
"In 'artford, 'ereford and 'ampshire
'urricanes 'ardly hever 'appen."

1:02:48
Oh, no, no!
1:02:50
Have you no ear at all?
1:02:51
- Should I do it over?
- No, please.

1:02:54
Start from the very beginning.
Just do this.

1:03:06
Go on, go on.
1:03:11
Does the same thing hold true in India?
1:03:13
Have they the peculiar habit
of not only dropping a letter...

1:03:16
...but using it where it doesn't belong,
like "hever" instead of "ever"?

1:03:42
The girl, Higgins!
1:03:44
Go on. Go on.
1:03:47
"Poor Professor Higgins
1:03:51
"Poor Professor Higgins
1:03:55
"Night and day he slaves away

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