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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Gentleman and scholar #136304 12/22/04 12:24 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York My mom uses the expression in a complimentary way. I'd assumed the source was Shakespeare, but Bartlett's attributes the origin to Rabbie Burns: His locked, lettered, braw brass collar Showed him the gentleman and scholar. http://www.bartleby.com/100/315.17.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted A scholar and a gentleman maverick 12/22/04 10:33 AM Re: A scholar and a gentleman Faldage 12/22/04 10:52 AM Re: A scholar and a gentleman tsuwm 12/22/04 01:37 PM Re: A scholar and a gentleman wow 12/22/04 03:43 PM Re: A scholar and a gentleman plutarch 12/22/04 11:40 AM Re: Gentleman and scholar AnnaStrophic 12/22/04 12:24 PM Re: Gentleman and scholar Buffalo Shrdlu 12/22/04 12:34 PM Re: Gentleman and scholar plutarch 12/22/04 12:55 PM Re: A scholar and a gentleman sjmaxq 12/22/04 10:10 PM Re: A scholar and a gentleman Buffalo Shrdlu 12/22/04 10:32 PM Re: A scholar and a gentleman sjmaxq 12/22/04 11:29 PM Re: A scholar and a gentleman tsuwm 12/23/04 01:07 AM Re: A scholar and a gentleman plutarch 12/23/04 01:51 PM Re: A scholar and a gentleman TEd Remington 12/23/04 02:05 PM Re: A scholar and a gentleman Dgeigh 12/23/04 03:39 PM Re: A scholar and a gentleman Buffalo Shrdlu 12/23/04 04:22 PM Re: A scholar and a gentleman Dgeigh 12/23/04 05:18 PM Re: A scholar and a gentleman maverick 12/23/04 05:18 PM Re: A gentleman and a scholar maverick 12/23/04 05:38 PM Re: A scholar and a gentleman plutarch 12/23/04 06:53 PM Re: An officer and a gentleman tsuwm 12/23/04 08:14 PM Re: An officer and a gentleman plutarch 12/23/04 08:49 PM Re: A scholar and a gentleman wofahulicodoc 12/23/04 09:07 PM Re: A scholar and a gentleman tsuwm 12/23/04 09:21 PM missed opportunity wofahulicodoc 12/24/04 02:31 AM Re: found opportunity maverick 12/26/04 01:05 AM co-occidental plutarch 12/26/04 12:39 PM Re: co-occidental maverick 12/27/04 12:39 AM Re: Literate Liz's latest maverick 12/27/04 01:34 AM Re: Literate Liz's latest Faldage 12/27/04 10:21 AM Plus Ultra plutarch 12/27/04 11:47 AM Re: Literate Liz's latest maverick 12/27/04 11:28 PM Re: Literate Liz's latest plutarch 12/28/04 02:53 AM Re: Literate Liz's latest plutarch 12/28/04 03:05 AM Gentlemen Father Steve 12/28/04 01:43 PM Re: Gentlemen plutarch 12/28/04 04:23 PM Re: Gentlemen Father Steve 12/28/04 04:29 PM Re: Gentlemen maverick 12/29/04 03:18 AM Re: Gentlemen sjmaxq 12/29/04 03:23 AM Re: Gentlemen Father Steve 12/29/04 03:34 AM Re: Gentlemen (who didn't need to be scholars) maverick 01/02/05 04:19 AM Re: Literate Liz's latest plutarch 12/28/04 03:05 AM another take tsuwm 12/28/04 07:17 AM Re: co-occidental plutarch 12/27/04 02:16 AM Re: missed opportunity Jackie 12/30/04 03:14 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,372 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (A C Bowden), 729 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 25 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,561 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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