>I was referring to the language:)

I knew that, but I couldn't help myself. I'm weak sometimes in the pun department.

>So I assume both are doing fine:) Toronto has a large romanian community I heard. Many romanians have been moving to Canada and Toronot is one of the main destination (Montreal/Quebec the other).

Unfortunately, I speak only one language - English (of a sort). My mother's parents originally came to Canada (Montreal) in the early 1900's (my mother was born in 1919). They moved to Toronto when she was about 2 years old. My dad's parents came to Canada around the turn of the century (sometime around 1900) with the original wave of Dukhobors that settled in Saskatchewan. He moved to Winnipeg when he was in his teens, and to Toronto in his 20's.

I really have no connection with either the Russians or the Romanians in Toronto. I mean, I may know the odd person who is one or the other, but it's coincidental.

Growing up, I had a much greater connection to the Jewish community in Toronto, but as people do, we grew up and apart. My friends now constitute all cultures and walks of life (well, ok, maybe not all). I'm really not much of a joiner and I don't find myself gravitating to any particular ethnic or cultural group. I guess I've never really felt that I will necessarily find commonality with someone else just because we have ancestors who lived in the same part of the world, or who spoke the same language. I'd much rather just take people as I find them, and go from there. Kind of like people who join, say, a corvette club. After you've talked about your cars ad-nauseum, what's left?