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Originally Posted by Stuart van Onselen
Why do Americans almost always pick "Nigel" when they need a generic name for a Brit? "Nigel" is becoming the equivalent of "Paddy" for the Irish.  |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Mansell
One of the few distinctively British names an average American might have heard on a regular basis, courtesy of ESPN and its predecessors.
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