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Mysterious Spelling

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If you are confused by the spelling of Inglourious Basterds, you are not alone. Many people have wondered why both words in the title are misspelled. If you are one of those people searching for an answer, we have bad news for you. Tarantino has gone on record saying he will never reveal his reasoning for the grammatical failure:

“Here’s the thing. I’m never going to explain that. You do an artistic flourish like that, and to explain it would just take the piss out of it and invalidate the whole stroke in the first place.”