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Say 'Toronto' or 'Ontario,' and the immediate thought associations are with a somewhat blander version of North America: a United States with a welfare regime and a more polite street etiquette, and the additionally reassuring visage of Queen Elizabeth on the currency.

Christopher Hitchens

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Sagen Sie "Toronto" oder "Ontario", und die unmittelbaren Gedankenassoziationen beziehen sich auf eine etwas schlichtere Version von Nordamerika: ein Vereinigte Staaten mit einem Sozialsystem und einer höflicheren Straßenetikette sowie das zusätzlich beruhigende Antlitz der Königin Elizabeth.

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