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Help[Opinions] Nigel?
WDYTO this name? Preferred as first name or middle name? Bad associations/thoughts related?
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Nigel Thornberry! Wild Thornberries!
Who was voiced by Tim Curry (who makes me shiver with anticipa--------tion) and was an all around good, sweet dad, if lolariously eccentric.
Oooh, and Nigel Barker from America's Next Top Model, who is smokin'.
Nigel's a cool name. It sounds very stereotypically British to me, too, but it only takes one in real life for everyone to go "Oh, cool." :)
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Who was voiced by Tim Curry (who makes me shiver with anticipa--------tion) and was an all around good, sweet dad, if lolariously eccentric.
Oooh, and Nigel Barker from America's Next Top Model, who is smokin'.
Nigel's a cool name. It sounds very stereotypically British to me, too, but it only takes one in real life for everyone to go "Oh, cool." :)
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Very effeminate. Too British for an American.
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Effeminate? Really?
I get the 'too British' thing, it's got that vibe for me as an Australian too. But I can't get it sounding soft / feminine etc. It's got a big bumpy nose and an adam's apple in my mind.
Just curious, what about it sounds feminine?
I get the 'too British' thing, it's got that vibe for me as an Australian too. But I can't get it sounding soft / feminine etc. It's got a big bumpy nose and an adam's apple in my mind.
Just curious, what about it sounds feminine?
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A lot of Americans would have the idea that a Nigel is "effeminate" because of the way the name has been used for British characters in American films. Nigel and Reginald both have the image of being "prissy upper class English dolts" to many people in the USA. I know that this is NOT the image of those names in England or Australia, but it's part of their image in North America.
Also note that "effeminate" is not quite the same thing as "feminine". It refers to behavior, not appearance. A man with a big bumpy nose and Adam's apple can ACT "effeminate", and that's what's associated with the name in the USA.
Also note that "effeminate" is not quite the same thing as "feminine". It refers to behavior, not appearance. A man with a big bumpy nose and Adam's apple can ACT "effeminate", and that's what's associated with the name in the USA.
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*sigh*
Yes thankyou, I DO know the difference between effeminate and feminine. I was trying to clarify, and I got the clarification I wanted. Try assuming that other people might have reasons for their phrasing rather than assuming that everyone in the universe is more ignorant than you?
We do get the TV shows that portray Nigels as prissy, but to me that is not the same as effeminate.
Yes thankyou, I DO know the difference between effeminate and feminine. I was trying to clarify, and I got the clarification I wanted. Try assuming that other people might have reasons for their phrasing rather than assuming that everyone in the universe is more ignorant than you?
We do get the TV shows that portray Nigels as prissy, but to me that is not the same as effeminate.
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Now that you mention it, I guess there is nothing inherently effeminate about it. I can't give a concrete reason based upon the way it sounds. It's just a personal connotation for me. Whenever I hear Nigel, I picture an effeminate man. I don't even know why...I've never met a man named Nigel, effeminate or otherwise.
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I don't like the sound of it, though it's not the worst. I'd prefer this to a trendy name any day! But I do love the related Neil.
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Nigel is weird for me. The sound is nms at all, and it's really not something I'd ever go for, but recently I've begun to really appreciate it as a name. Nigel. It's unique but not unheard of, traditional but carrying a sort-of "revival spunk." It's a name that I'm happy exists, but wouldn't personally use in a million years. Except maybe for a fish. I think it's totally fine in the first or middle name spot.
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I don't like it. It's a very pretentious, snobby name. Use it as a mn only.
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I love Nigel. It's become a favorite of mine for a boy.
I like it equally well as a first or middle name.
I like it equally well as a first or middle name.
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Ditto. Nigel is great.
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It's not terrible, but it makes me think of a stuffy British guy.
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I dont like it at all.
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