*Manager:* …And so, if we can just target the language of the splash page toward these less tech-savvy users, I think we’ll really benefit.
*Me:* But here’s the thing: if these users are such ingénues that they don’t know what “hosting plan” means, do we really want them as customers?
*Manager:* Ingénue?
*Tech guy:* She means newbie.
*Me:* Yes, I mean newbie.
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Hey there. I'm Ariel Meadow Stallings, a native Seattleite who's written my way up and down the Left Coast. Electrolicious is where I post daily randomata, but I also write for a living. My first book, Offbeat Bride, was published last year.
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the mighty jimbo
March 7th, 2003 at 9:04 am
see. you are just too smart for your own good. and one more reason why i want you as an editor.
Vera
March 7th, 2003 at 9:23 am
Who doesn’t know what an ingenue is? Or maybe I’ve just been reading Electrolicious for too long.
Emily
March 7th, 2003 at 1:51 pm
Actually, isn’t it ‘newbie’? Sorry, just your friendly neighborhood spelling stickler here!
Ariel
March 7th, 2003 at 2:04 pm
You’re right! It’s newbie. Thanks for the heads-up.
philippe
March 10th, 2003 at 3:33 am
I don’t knwo why, but an ingénue always needs to be perverse in my mind… Beware of the ingénue !
Dave
March 10th, 2003 at 8:52 am
effluvium