do your research, writers!

[deird1]

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*

Comments

[beer_good_foamy]

I've never watched NCIS, but this makes it sound like the killer is some weird fanatic who thinks he chooses to honour his victims by kiling them, and our heroes will never catch him since their Latin is so lousy they'll never understand how he thinks.

Or if they do catch him by mistake, he'll be the one yelling at them.

"I left you clues! I told you exactly what I was doing! How could you not catch me?"
"Uh, it was all in, like, Latin..."
"DICTIONARIES, people!"

[deird1]

Hee!

You should so write a tv show like this...