Quote ="moving on..."Don't we refer to Westwood and Carvell as 'Benny' and 'Gaz'?'"
I don't or at least, I try not to. I certainly would never refer to Carvell as Gaz - never met the bloke and it's a bit too familiar for me. All this "Sam", "Josh" and "Laughable Matty" stuff is cringeworthy for me.
Slight tangent, but a few years I go I saw Chris Boardman at a sporting event in Manchester. Had my picture taken with him and referred to him as Mr Boardman. Said he hadn't been called Mr Boardman since school. If I knew then what I know now, I'd have asked him for discount on one of his bikes.