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That was a good movie (if I’m thinking of the right one - Blazing Saddles?).</p>
<p>^ That scene is literally the only scene I remember.</p>
<p><a href=“http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/blog/2011/03/29/what-do-you-mean-we-paleface/[/url]”>http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/blog/2011/03/29/what-do-you-mean-we-paleface/</a></p>
<p>So far, it seems like it was part of a Lone Ranger/Tonto joke, and not an actual movie…could that be right? I never actually SAW this in a movie? So funny that many quote it on the internet, and can’t remember “the movie” either. Wow!</p>
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<p>I wonder if he could have picked out Maryland. Belgium is the same size as Maryland.</p>
<p>Hi ho silver!</p>
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<p>Thank you for asking! He’s had a great time, and has enjoyed both the city and the school very much.
" “going to the Dep” must be a Montreal thing, I’ve never heard of it. Care to share what it means? "</p>
<p>Dep is short for depanneur, which is what they call corner package stores (to be fair, they also seem to stock 7/11-type items). One of my regrets is that he has really learned just about no French at all while spending four years in Montreal!</p>
<p>This is interesting</p>
<p>[More</a> Medical Students Resorting To Prostitution](<a href=“http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/242251.php]More”>More Medical Students Resorting To Prostitution)</p>
<p>"A final year medical student at the University of Birmingham, writing for the Student BMJ , reveals that 1 in 10 students currently say they know someone who pays for university fees using prostitution.</p>
<p>The number of medical students involved in prostitution has increased significantly over the last decade. 10 years ago, only 4 percent of students said they knew of a peer in prostitution, this figure increased in 2006 to 6%, and currently stands at just under 10%.</p>
<p>The report highlights the clear association between the prevalence of prostitution among students and increasing tuition fees. According to the author many students have huge amounts of debt as a result of the increasing costs of both tuition and living. "</p>
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<p>University of Birmingham is in the UK
<a href=“http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/index.aspx[/url]”>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/index.aspx</a></p>
<p>^^ I wonder if the percentage drops once the med students have the class on STDs?</p>
<p>^ I sure hope that’s not the first time they’ve had THAT class!</p>
<p>I seem to remeber teaching a class on sex ed/ STD’s to high schoolers when I was a med student.</p>
<p>Re: Post #249: “When I traveled around in Europe in the 70s, I saw young Canadian travelers with a red maple leaf on their clothing or backpack. Do they still do that? I didn’t see anyone advertising that they were from the US in the same way.”</p>
<p>Those Canadians probably didn’t want to be mistaken for Americans. During the Vietnam War, many Americans traveling in Europe also had a Maple Leaf patch on their backpacks or clothing. That was done to avoid hostile reactions directed at Americans due to the war.</p>
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<p>According to <a href=“http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/27/5/33868740.pdf[/url]”>http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/27/5/33868740.pdf</a> , in 2003, OECD countries with a high percentage of foreign born people include (second percentage is non-citizens):</p>
<p>32.6%, 36.9% Luxembourg
23.0%, 7.4% Australia
22.4%, 20.5% Switzerland
19.5%, NA New Zealand
19.3%, 5.3% Canada
12.5%, 8.8% Austria
12.5%, NA Germany
12.3%, 6.6% United States
12.0%, 5.3% Sweden</p>
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<p>Thanks, memake. I have heard of depanneur, just never heard it referred to as “dep”. 
They’re convenience stores that also sell beer and wine.</p>
<p>I’m glad that your son has enjoyed McGill. I agree that it’s too bad he didn’t take the opportunity to acquire some French skills, but I think a lot of kids miss this opportunity. It’s easy to exist at McGill without French so it takes some real effort to include learning French.</p>
<p>“According to <a href=“http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/27/5/33868740.pdf[/url]”>http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/27/5/33868740.pdf</a> , in 2003, OECD countries with a high percentage of foreign born people include…”</p>
<p>Man,you’re good! </p>
<p>But in this context, is percentage equivalent to “as many”? Sort of rhetorical, but any response is welcomed! Toronto felt VERY international! Like Queens or San Francisco! Do COUNTRIES feel like that, or cities?</p>
<p>^ I think one factor not accounted for is ‘how foreign’ (by culture and language, but also more superficially, appearance), and also past trend lines of immigration (so the parents of kids born in these countries). Canadians in the US or Americans in Canada ‘look’ invisible and don’t bring the flavor of diversity with them…compared to say those from Mexico or China. </p>
<p>Where we live, like Toronto, something like 78% of residents were either born in another country or their parents were. Those folks are largely coming from India or China, not Ireland or Australia. It creates a huge sense of international-ness.</p>
<p>That’s interesting. I wonder if that 78 percent consider themselves “Canadian”, or something else. Similarly, when you say “Americans in Canada look like…”, I wonder if I “look American” when there. I know I do not look “African” in most parts of Africa.</p>
<p>Husband just said yes, we could move to Toronto.</p>
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<p>I bet at least some of those flag-wearing “Canadians” were/are really Americans pretending to be Canadian to avoid the heat generated abroad by various US wars and foreign policies.</p>
<p>^ Well, in general, Canadians aren’t very flag-waving types. I have several good friends who are Canadian. Several years ago while partying at a professional conference with them and a group of other Canadians who didn’t know me very well, they let down their usual reserve enough to sing “O, Canada” in front of me, a mere American. My best friend among them later told me that was quite unusual for them to do that, especially with a Yank in the room. That night, I almost felt like an honorary Canadian. I don’t know if that’s generally true of Canadians, but it’s consistent with my experience with that particular group.</p>
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<p>These lists may be of interest:</p>
<p>[Foreign</a> born - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“Foreign born - Wikipedia”>Foreign born - Wikipedia)</p>
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<p>What about Mexican Americans in Canada and Chinese Canadians in the US?</p>
<p>“These lists may be of interest:”</p>
<p>Score! (10).</p>