Why is Curly addressed by his last name instead of his first name?

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Does the team call Curly by his last name because they want to show their respect for the captain? Interesting...

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Didn't think about that but it's an interesting question, because usually you'd either call him Captain / Captain Curly for formality or call him by his first name (C***t or G***t?) to be more casual. Unless he told them he prefers to be called his last name over his first. Honestly, Curly sounds better to me than Clint or Grant or whatever his first name is does.

It's also possible that the devs simply chose the name Curly for him first and then added in the other name (partially obscured by the damage) as an afterthought. Or perhaps he signed his ID last name, first name for whatever reason. Curly's ID, for reference.[mouthwashing.fandom.com]

EDIT: So I did some searching and apparently it's fairy common in certain UK spaces to refer to people by their last name for a few different reasons, with respect to one's rank or status being one. I bring this up because the devs confirmed that they originally intended for Curly to "have a British accent" (and he speaks like a Brit in the game). I was originally thinking about America/the west, in which you usually call people by their first name there.

I was curious so I skimmed a doc[docs.google.com] of the MW script and counted how many times the crew refers to Curly as either "Captain" or "Curly", hopefully I didn't miss any...

Anya
Pre-crash Captain: 5
Pre-crash Curly: 1
Post-crash Captain: 1
Post-crash Curly: 4 (after Jim makes her call him Curly and not Captain)

Daisuke
Never refers to Curly.

Jimmy
Pre-crash Captain: 3
Pre-crash Curly: 0
Post-crash Captain: 4
Post-crash Curly: 13

Swansea
Pre-crash Captain: 1
Pre-crash Curly: 0
Post-crash Captain: 1 (calls him "Captain Curly")
Post-crash Curly: 1 (calls him "Captain Curly")

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Thank you for your reply, you did a great job. 🤝Perhaps his middle name is Curly's nickname.🤏