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Zombie-Speak

In some way, dear readers, Gumshoe was always fascinated with Latin. It probably stems from young Gumshoe being a novice altar boy during his first year as a seminary student when the Catholic Mass was celebrated entirely in that ancient tongue.

Gregorian Chants still give Gumshoe that surreal Heavenly feeling and they cause the demons to scram back to their Hellhole as Satan even trembles.

Latin appeared in Gumshoe’s adolescent mind to be simultaneously mysterious and alluring.

Sorta of an atavistic code linking the past to the present.  Crossing the Rubicon once the die was cast and the code was revealed.

Caesar proclaimed his victory in a letter to the Roman Senate: “Veni, Vedi, Vici” (I came, I saw, I conquered).  One of Gumshoe’s favorite survival mantras for all cops by the way.

The repeated “mea cuplas“ to the “maxima mea cuplas“ still echo inside the ears of Gumshoe’s contrite heart.

Latin seemed to be a secretive jargon uttered between toga-clad Roman senators as well as by the wizen gray-haired orators to the Patricians. Plebeians were just too busy to listen.

Gumshoe has often heard that Latin was a dead language.  However, it refuses to die just like the Zombies!

Nowadays, Latin terms and words are still utilized by the toga-less-clad legal barristers as well in the written scribbled hieroglyphics of a physician’s drug prescription.

Although today’s orators are the rappers who would be unable to speak nor comprehend “Pig Latin” regardless of their “Street Creds”.

The Shakespearean Latin phrase, “Et tu Brute?” is still used today as it was spoken by a shocked- knife-ambushed Julius Caesar as he was fillet by a trusted friend who was among the other dagger-thrusting senators. That definitely gave a  starker meaning to a Senate vote of censor.  Ouch!

“Pax Romana?”  No way Jose!

Zombie-speak is alive and well.  Now let us all await the Apocalypse.

Always remember to love the ones who love you and really try to love the ones who don’t.

Coram Deo!

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Danny Pitocco
Danny Pitocco
RETIRED (as a Detective with the Snohomish County Sherriff’s Department, Washington State), Danny has over forty years of law enforcement experience across city, county, state and federal levels of government, including service as a Special Agent for the DEA, US Department of Justice. He’s a decorated law enforcement veteran, and recipient of the "Detective of the Year" award for Snohomish County, Danny is a certified composite artist and has testified as an expert witness in the field of narcotics and modus operandi of particular crimes in state and federal courts in California, and has given testimony before federal grand juries. Danny served four years of active duty in the US Marine Corps and loves Jesus as his personal savior.

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    • I’m with you Tom. The Catholic high Mass with all of the bells and smells was indeed beautiful with the Latin liturgy sung and the Eucharist presented. Worship at its best as the angels in Heaven were united with the community of saints (the church militant; the church suffering and the church triumphant). Gloria excelsior!

      Thanks for your always welcomed comments my friend. Pax Tecum

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