In Ecuador, the Frugal Traveler Tries Luxury

Re:In Ecuador, the Frugal Traveler Tries Luxury by ingenieros on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @05:58AM (#11071863)

I apologize if you and others felt offended by my comment, but I feel even more offended when I see people who are ignorant and insensitive to other cultures throw random gibberish and try to pass it off as fact. "tu muertas" doesn't translate into anything if you look it up in a dictionary. Perhaps the op was consumed by his/her own prejudice that a misheard/misunderstood statement from a 10 year old girl felt like a death threat??

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Re:In Ecuador, the Frugal Traveler Tries Luxury by Symbiote on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @11:12AM (#11073658)

I understand enough French and Latin (and have watched The Pirates of the Caribbean) to know that the word for "die" in Spanish will sound something like "mourir", but with a different ending.

Google Translate says "morirás". Can a "tú" be added for emphasis? (That's how pronouns work in Latin.) The girl was very anxious.

She was also holding a squashed plastic bottle, and making slashing motions across her throat. One of the other girls was doing the same to her leg.

The most recent review on TripAdvisor [1] says "My travel buddy and I got mugged by 3 street hoods with a knife on the steps going back down into Quito".

The British government [2] says, of Ecuador, "Muggings and pick pocketing are very common ... avoid travelling to ‘El Panecillo’ hill on your own or by foot"

Can you think of an alternative explanation?

[1] https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g294308-d315612-...

[2] https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/ecuador/safety-and-...

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Re:In Ecuador, the Frugal Traveler Tries Luxury by dang on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @02:15PM (#11075190)

I didn't feel offended; it's my job (I'm a moderator here) to ask people to stay civil.

I'd probably find it insulting too if someone acted like a little girl was making death threats when in reality it was they who didn't understand her/my language. But the comment never said that. I read it that the girl was trying to protect him, and the phrase in broken Spanish was what he heard—which of course would be in broken Spanish, since he doesn't speak the language. In other words, the comment was honoring the little girl, not insulting her.

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