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[-] Kissaki@programming.dev 22 points 9 months ago

Driving a train is engineering?

[-] survivalmachine@beehaw.org 21 points 9 months ago

In North America, the driver of a train engine is called an "engineer", yes.

[-] Kissaki@programming.dev 23 points 9 months ago

I see, TIL. That's different from Germany, where Ingenieur is a protected term.

[-] _MusicJunkie@beehaw.org 13 points 9 months ago

In the railway context an engineer was the person who worked the engine.

In German the word comes from Latin roughly meaning inventor. Presumably the general usage of the word engineer in English has the same etymology.

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