[eddie willers]

And...it’s an accepted convention in writing.

I bet you chuckle when someone spells America, Amerika.

[xzins]

Do you realize by “Godwin’s Law” you automatically lose the argument?

That said, my family name is German, I speak passable German, and I have spent 7 or 8 years in Germany during a 24+ year career in the Army serving our country.