[RESOLVED] References and copying objects

[Speedo]

I'm used to the C++ world where there's a fairly clear distinction between dealing with an object directly and dealing with a pointer or reference... so maybe I'm overthinking things somewhat, but I just want to be clear in my understanding before I confuse myself with the 'everything is a reference' notion....

I have a Message class, and I need to be able to make (deep) copies of it, such that if I have Message A, and make a copy of it, Message B, A and B have identical content, but any change to B has no effect on A. Easiest to show some code:

class Variable {}

class Message
{
  public String Title {get; set;}
  public String Text {get; set;}
  public Dictionary<String, Variable> Variables
  {
    get { return _variables; }
  }
  
  private Dictionary<String, Variable> _variables;
  
  Message() {}
  
  Message(Message copy)
  {
    //Is this.Title a new string?  or referencing the same string as copy.Title?
    Title = copy.Title;
    Text = copy.Text;
    
    //is this a deep copy or not?
    _variables = new Dictionary<String, Variable>(copy._variables);
  }
}