east is east and west is west and never the twain shall meet.

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• never the twain shall meet — phrase used for saying that two things are very different and cannot exist together Thesaurus: different and differentlysynonym Main entry: twain * * * used to suggest that two things are too different to coexist Ulster people are British and… …   Useful english dictionary

• never the twain shall meet — ► never the twain shall meet the two things in question are too different to exist alongside each other. [ORIGIN: from Rudyard Kipling s ‘Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet’. (Barrack room Ballads (1892)).] Main… …   English terms dictionary

• Never the Twain Shall Meet — For the poem containing this phrase, see The Ballad of East and West. Never the Twain Shall Meet Directed by Maurice Tourneur …   Wikipedia

• Never the Twain — For the 1925 film, see Never the Twain Shall Meet. Never the Twain Genre Sitcom Created by Johnnie Mortime …   Wikipedia

• The Ballad of East and West — is a poem by Rudyard Kipling. It was first published in 1889, and has been much collected and anthologised since. Its first line is often quoted, sometimes as an example of Kipling s attitudes to race and to the Empire; but those who quote it… …   Wikipedia

• east is east, and west is west — 1892 R. KIPLING Barrack room Ballads 75 Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet. 1909 M. BARING Orpheus in Mayfair 271 Sledge said ‘Goodnight’ again, but when he was on the stairs he called back: ‘In any case remember… …   Proverbs new dictionary

• TWAIN — es un estándar destinado a la adquisición de imágenes de un escáner de imagen: una API de captura de imágenes para los sistemas operativos Microsoft Windows y Apple Macintosh. La palabra TWAIN no es oficialmente un acrónimo; sin embargo, es… …   Wikipedia Español

• TWAIN — TWAIN, widely known unoffically as Technology Without an Interesting Name. [ [http://www.twain.org/faqs.shtm#What%20is%20TWAIN%20an%20acronym%20for TWAIN Initiative Question: What is TWAIN an acronym for?] ] is a free and open software protocol… …   Wikipedia

• TWAIN — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Twain (homonymie).   Sigles d’une seule lettre   Sigles de deux lettres   Sigles de trois lettres   Sigles de quatre lettres > Sigles de cin …   Wikipédia en Français

• The White Man’s Burden — Satirische Darstellung: Die Bürde des weißen (?) Mannes. The White Man s Burden (dt.: „Die Bürde des Weißen Mannes“) ist ein Gedicht von Rudyard Kipling. Das Gedicht wurde unter dem Eindruck der US amerikanischen Eroberung der Philippinen und… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• East Is East (film) — Infobox Film name = East is East image size = caption = Promotional Poster director = Damien O Donnell producer = writer = Ayub Khan Din narrator = starring = Om Puri Linda Bassett Jordan Routledge music = Deborah Mollison cinematography =… …   Wikipedia