The Continentals have the title Ingenieur (spelling?) and those entitled to call themselves Engineers - basically a Masters in Engineering plus post grad specialist qualifications - replace their Mister, Messieur or Herr with Ingenieur.
Thus: Eur. Ing. Maurice Bluesheep.
In UK we still trail the designation behind our name - hence: George Brownfag C.Eng, MSc, MRAeS. Since we are now honorary Europeans, if George pays the cash up front and gets his paperwork approved he can be Eur. Ing. Georg Brownfag.
Not many do it though. My brother is a PhD in civil engineering but prefers his C.Eng to any other titles.
"Its a proper British thing..." he says, "...and besides all the best engineers in history were British - Watt, Stevenson, Brunel. Who needs a Frog qualification? When I travel to the Continent they can call me Doctor Blacksheep."
Patriotic is my brother, not to mention a slight touch of xenophobia.
