Really Nick and his mates should speak German, they take the engineer thing really seriously over there. It being a title you can use like Doctor, or Colonel, e.g Dipl.Ing Kurt Tank.
The man who designed The Focke Wulf 190.
I understand that at some point in the history of the USA they actually had a vote on what was to be the main language of the country and German lost by a narrow margin.
Oh the irony of it.
Whereas we ungodly Brits have the gall to take the piss out of the whole thing.
Still it's our language.
If they Americans don't want it they can always give it back. Then they will really impress
the world with those German compound words
Reichsluftfahrtministerium for some reason always sticks in my mind!!!!!!!!!!!