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Old Jul 20, 2020, 4:24 am
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Nigel is mainly a British name, although it was briefly popular in USA.
It was very, very common in the 1950s, when a lot of the older/now retired BA pilots were born.

Using "Nigel" as a generic name for BA pilots is, as Keiran suggests, the same as using Rupert for British Army officers.
In Aus., it is a male social misfit or a friendless person
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