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Apr. 20th, 2013 06:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
deird1NCIS 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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Date: 2013-04-24 12:57 am (UTC)I watched the first episode of CSI a while ago, and the physics mistakes they made were appalling, and made me very cynical about every other conclusion they came up with.