Sunday 14 February 2016

The Interpretaris (1966)

The Interpretaris.  Episode  1. Strange Assignment.  Australians TV from back 1966.

See Veg 4 post and the link contained within for a little more information on this show.


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  1. John Nowak15 February 2016 at 05:15

    So, what is a pretaris, and why is the ship going between them?

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    1. Steve15 February 2016 at 15:14

      Well quite!

      I think its actually the name of the ship but as to the whys and wherefores, well I'll leave that for someone else to explore.

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    2. John Nowak16 February 2016 at 13:43

      More seriously, you're correct; the ship is named Interpretaris.

      I'd love to know why, though.

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    3. John Nowak16 February 2016 at 16:27

      Apparently, it is the "second-person singular present active indicative of the Latin verb interpretor."

      https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/interpretaris

      "Interpretor" means "I explain." So I guess it means "You are explaining."

      My theory is that they did it to screw up universal translators.

      ALIEN: Who are you?

      HEROES: You are explaining.

      ALIEN: No, I am asking.

      HEROES: I just told you that you are explaining.

      ALIEN: No I'm not.

      HEROES: Of course not. We are.

      ALIEN: You are what?

      HEROES: You are explaining.

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    4. Steve17 February 2016 at 12:37

      :)

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  2. Tim Armstrong18 February 2016 at 02:16

    It may have something to do with the captain being an expert in various languages,they make this point during the introduction of the captain right at the beginning of the episode

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    1. John Nowak18 February 2016 at 06:21

      That's really interesting. I take it that linguistics is actually a plot point?

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