A Ptitude Test

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A Ptitude Test

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https://www.psychometriq.com/toronto-tr ... tude-test/ and then scroll down ...
It looks fine on my laptop, but not on my smart phone. I tried doing the finger-and-thumb stretch and shrink exercises on the phone, but the alignment stays the same
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Reminds me of B. Kliban:

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HansV wrote:
19 Jun 2021, 12:29
Reminds me of B. Kliban:
Some naranjas:-
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I am now in the nursery business - apple trees, pear trees, black-current canes and trees known as "Aps".
No, they are not Aussie apple trees ("She'll be aps!") but trees with leaves that are super-thin and make a lovely rustling sound in a slight breeze.
Known elsewhere as Aspens!
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ChrisGreaves wrote:
19 Jun 2021, 13:22
I am now in the nursery business - apple trees, pear trees, black-current canes and trees known as "Aps".
No, they are not Aussie apple trees ("She'll be aps!") but trees with leaves that are super-thin and make a lovely rustling sound in a slight breeze.
Known elsewhere as Aspens!
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Chris,

If you're going to rename aspens, why not make it unique instead of similar. Say "Tom" for example. So you could say you have trees known as Tom.

Just sayin...
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PJ_in_FL wrote:
19 Jun 2021, 13:29
If you're going to rename aspens,...
Hey!
PJ!
"don't pin the blame on me"!
It is not I who invented the Newfoundland etymological soup!
Ray Belli doesn't know the half of it.
When I ask a local tradesman for a quote and he says "I'll be 'round after dinner", he is not referring to his circumferential quality, but can mean that:-
(1) He will arrive at half past twelve (noon)
(2) He will arrive after his nap; say, around three o'clock
(3) He will arrive sometime after six p.m. or
(4) He will not arrive at all.

Until Glen admired my weed trees in the front yard and mused "I've always wanted Aps", I thought he was a bit looney.
Just to humour him as I edged back towards the door into my house, I asked him "What do Aps look like?", and he looked at me as if I were looney. "THESE" are Aps!", he snorted, as he edged back towards the door of his truck.

You can't begin to imagine the problems I've had with making salads and stews around the world, asking for Capsicums, Poivrons, Peppers, ...

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Interestingly, the pple used to be called a napple, but then the initial n moved to the article, like what happened to a napron and a nuncle.
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A nother likely story.
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StuartR wrote:
19 Jun 2021, 17:41
Interestingly, the pple used to be called a napple, but then the initial n moved to the article, like what happened to a napron and a nuncle.
This is what I call "the great consonant shift"*, a parallel to "the great vowel shift"...

Linguistics for Fun and Profit - this course could be interesting if you live nearby!

* no, nothing to do with High German in this context!
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PJ_in_FL wrote:
19 Jun 2021, 13:29
...So you could say you have trees known as Tom...
:thumbup: good idea and then you could name one of the varieties 'Ato'.

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Or 'Orrow'.
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HansV wrote:
19 Jun 2021, 18:13
Or 'Orrow'.
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ChrisGreaves wrote:
19 Jun 2021, 11:59
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Well, I have to say that I am disappointed.
When Iposted this image in the wee hours of this morning, I had not a nidea that the response would climb above the juvenile intellectual level of Toronto spublic transits o-called system.
But there agai, nit just goes to show that even I can be a mazed.
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Hey Chris,
Here's how it looks on my screen:
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This is unusual and has to do with the css styles. While on one hand the page was nominally responsive, the designer didn't change the size of the font to a smaller size for viewing on mobile. I'm not sure why our browsers didn't just roll the "a" in your case, or the "apt" in my case, to the next line. It's possible to use hard spaces in html, but a quick check showed no such code between "Commission" and "aptitude."

Perhaps it's the unexpected part of the aptitude test. Someone looking at my screen might think it's referring to an apt iTude. (Coming this Fall!)
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StuartR wrote:
19 Jun 2021, 17:41
Interestingly, the pple used to be called a napple, but then the initial n moved to the article, like what happened to a napron and a nuncle.
But the reverse happened to nickname, which was originally an ekename.

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kdock wrote:
19 Jun 2021, 22:53
This is unusual and has to do with the css styles. ... Perhaps it's the unexpected part of the aptitude test. Someone looking at my screen might think it's referring to an apt iTude. (Coming this Fall!)
Kim, thanks for this expert analysis. FWIW my web pages are not designed to cope with phone screens, only desk/laptops.

That said, it does not surprise me to find the TTC involved with insular practices (I know the web page construct is the province of psychometriq.com, but still ...). Of all the transit system in the area St Catherines-Barrie-Coburg, the TTC is unique in that it purposely does the opposite of all the other systems. All other systems are co-Operative, have 2-hour timed transfers etc. Not the TTC.
So I am not surprised to learn that a web page regarding a special aptitude to apply for a job (let alone GET a job) at the TTC is weirdly setup.
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GeoffW wrote:
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But the reverse happened to nickname, which was originally an ekename.
Thank you Geoff, I have learned something new
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StuartR wrote:
20 Jun 2021, 08:19
GeoffW wrote:
19 Jun 2021, 23:29
But the reverse happened to nickname, which was originally an ekename.
Thank you Geoff, I have learned something new
Oh!
So now we are into elision, are we?
Spoiler
(Whatever happened to "I have learned something a-new"?)
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StuartR wrote:
20 Jun 2021, 08:19
Thank you Geoff, I have learned something new
This was new to me as well - it showed up in my Quora feed today. I did double check before posting!