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Help[Opinions] Re: Nigel
in reply to a message by Wordsmith
It is slang here in Australia for "loner"...absolutely and complete unusable here IMO and it colours my judgement of the name. To me being "nigel" is a synonym for being alone and to refer to someone as a nigel means they are a bit of a loner.
ETA: I actually have a lecturer at uni who is American and her little son is named Nigel- the reason I know his name is that she actually raised the point that she really kicks herself for naming him that now because he will be starting school etc in Australia and he is going to have a hard time. When she named him she had never heard the term and she had never been to Australia but it really has made me realise the importance of taking note of associations names can have in other countries. You never know where you will end up living or where your kid will end up living.
ETA: I actually have a lecturer at uni who is American and her little son is named Nigel- the reason I know his name is that she actually raised the point that she really kicks herself for naming him that now because he will be starting school etc in Australia and he is going to have a hard time. When she named him she had never heard the term and she had never been to Australia but it really has made me realise the importance of taking note of associations names can have in other countries. You never know where you will end up living or where your kid will end up living.
This message was edited 6/6/2010, 9:28 PM
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