# My Fair Lady: What's this joke in Professor Higgin's first song?

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**Created:** [November 15, 2015, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fair-lady-whats-this-joke-in-professor-higgins-first-song/737651 "2015-11-15T21:34:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fair-lady-whats-this-joke-in-professor-higgins-first-song/737651/21 "2015-12-06T22:25:53Z")

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> [@MrAtoz](#):
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> There isn’t really that much of a pause before the word “set,” at least not as the song is written.

That’s interesting, since in the film version the pause is clearly there (see at 4:27 in [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhninL_G3Fg)). Maybe Rex Harrison came up with his own interpretation of that passage that differs from the sheet music.

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