A friend of ours got into the same kind of a jam the other morning when he foolishly attempted to compose a letter to the Tailored Woman, Inc. "Dear Sir," didn't sound right, neither did "Gentlemen," "Dear Madam" had a fishy ring.
Having built up a reputation as one of the best amateur cricketers in England, Yardley played three early season matches for the MCC, but he was selected for neither the Gentlemen nor for England that year.
They of course damaged Jefferson's reputation, but they did not destroy it, perhaps because, as he could have explained to Hamilton, in some matters gentlemen neither apologize nor explain.
With the keen mind of Sherlock Holmes and Philip Marlowe, he was cast in the mold of neither — not a gentleman scholar, not a tough guy.
Here is a simpler guide, attributed to either the actor Maurice Jenkins-Lloyd or George S. Kaufman: "The Players are gentlemen trying to be actors, the Lambs are actors trying to be gentlemen, and the Friars are neither trying to be both".
"Unfortunately," he concludes, "neither of us can recall who the rye gentlemen were".
Neither of these gentlemen makes YouTube videos primarily.
Neither of these gentlemen, please note, dwells on his feelings.
