Settle an old disagreement by listening to this on Youtube!

It's a song by a band called Space from 1996 called 'Female of the Species'

Mrs Draggletail and I used to have long standing good humoured disagreements in the pub about the lyrics - I can only hear 'The Female of the species is more deadlier than the Male' She can only hear 'The Female of the species is more deadly than the Male'

So, help me out if you like, listen to the video and do the poll

First one is correct, although wrong grammatically.

I'm a pedant. That song has always bugged me... Sorry Longshanks, but I'm with Draggletail on this one

It's a song by a band called Space from 1996 called 'Female of the Species'

 

Mrs Draggletail and I used to have long standing good humoured disagreements in the pub about the lyrics - I can only hear 'The Female of the species is more deadlier than the Male' She can only hear 'The Female of the species is more deadly than the Male'

 

So, help me out if you like, listen to the video and do the poll

 

I think your missus is right

How long you been married - you disagree with her and she still lets you post one here (not to mention lets you live).

I think your missus is right

 

How long you been married - you disagree with her and she still lets you post one here (not to mention lets you live).

HeHe, the disagreement was way before I joined Sheffield Forum, I think she's forgotton about it by now.

If poll results come out in my favour I'll hit her with it (allthough I must remember to just sneakily check with her if she still holds the same view regarding the lyrics. She remembers stuff differently sometimes. Even after a few minutes if it suits her. Gets a bit tricky .....)

The poem by Ruddy Hard Kipling that the song is based on used "more deadly"

http://www.potw.org/archive/potw96.html

BTW - Have you ever let her listen to Space with Cerys - "The Ballad of Tom Jones"?

I'm going to be really kind and sit on the fence, and claim to hear both, at different parts of the song

I'm going to be really kind and sit on the fence, and claim to hear both, at different parts of the song

Shock shock horror

I'm going to be really kind and sit on the fence, and claim to hear both, at different parts of the song

Ha, at least you didn't agree with me and then change sides like my Sister in Law did!

*Nurses Sister in Law grudge*

You're both wrong. It's actually:

"The female of the species is more deadly, yeah, than the male."

Hang on - you disagree with the missus and hold a grudge against the sister in law - don't know if that's brave, stupid or downright suicidal (or at least tempting having it chopped off).

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You're both wrong. It's actually:

 

"The female of the species is more deadly, yeah, than the male."

Yeah, but does your lass agree with you?

You're both wrong. It's actually:

 

"The female of the species is more deadly, yeah, than the male."

I like this - I'm not hearing it but I like it

Hang on - you disagree with the missus and hold a grudge against the sister in law - don't know if that's brave, stupid or downright suicidal (or at least tempting having it chopped off)

Unfortunately for me I've never been very tactical in the marital relationship

Any pointers apprecated