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NCIS is still annoying me with its abuse of Latin...
Rewatching season 6, and once again gritted my teeth at the following exchange:
Abby: "Gibbs! Primitus Victor*? It's Latin. It means 'first victim'."
Gibbs: "Yeah. I know, Abbs."
* from a message the killer left them
GRRRR.
No. No it does not mean that. It does not mean anything of the sort.
'Primitus victor' is indeed Latin. And it means 'first winner'. 'First victim' would be 'primitus victima'.
I understand why they did it. They thought "victor" sounded cooler, and didn't think anyone would notice. But that's no excuse for doing it wrong.
*is petty and pedantic*
Rewatching season 6, and once again gritted my teeth at the following exchange:
Abby: "Gibbs! Primitus Victor*? It's Latin. It means 'first victim'."
Gibbs: "Yeah. I know, Abbs."
* from a message the killer left them
GRRRR.
No. No it does not mean that. It does not mean anything of the sort.
'Primitus victor' is indeed Latin. And it means 'first winner'. 'First victim' would be 'primitus victima'.
I understand why they did it. They thought "victor" sounded cooler, and didn't think anyone would notice. But that's no excuse for doing it wrong.
*is petty and pedantic*
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My other half always goes 'argh' when McGee has some wacky amazing thing he's doing with computers, and has to point out why this/that/the other can't be done or would never work like that....same with Bones episodes, he almost always finds something wrong with what Hodges says. :-)
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