Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Inglourious

How do you explain Tarantino's choice of spelling it with an unnecessary 
"u"? He did not provide a thorough explanation for that.
 
From Wikipedia's entry on "Inglourious Basterds":
...
When asked for an explanation of the film's title's spelling during a news 
conference at the Cannes Film Festival, Tarantino said, "I'm never going to 
explain that".[21] When pushed on it, Tarantino would not explain the first 
u in Inglourious, but said, "The Basterds? That's just the way you say it: 
Basterds."[20][22] Tarantino later stated in an interview that the 
misspelled title is "a Basquiat-esque touch."[23] He further commented on 
Late Show with David Letterman that Inglourious Basterds is a "Quentin 
Tarantino spelling."[24]
 

 "u"? 
 
It's a Quentin Tarantino spelling. Poetic/literary license, wrought by a 
wicked, genius, hyperactive mind.
 
-- 
Joey from New York
Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator,
but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.
   -- WH Auden
 

 wicked, genius, hyperactive mind.
 
 
Agreed. But why that U? Does it remind of something?
 

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The word genius is thrown around much too easily, in my opinion. But my 
first reaction to the extraneous "u" is that it looks like one of the 
unnecessary characters that the British add to words like "color." But 
more likely the reason is steeped in motivations of marketing, branding, 
and Google searches. I can see Tarantino thinking "I just want to be 
noticed as a unique and original genius!" There's that word again. But I 
actually approve of the misspelling. It's unique and original. He could 
have even upgraded it with a "lol" or smiley face.
 

 have even upgraded it with a "lol" or smiley face.
 
Yes, and by the way there is a former "The Inglorious Bastards" movie 
(1978), so Tarantino had to play with vowels to make his own title unique!
Once he changed the "a" to an "e" in "Basterds" ("That's just the way you 
say it", according to the filmmaker... is that so?), then  he probably 
wanted one more change in order to double dip (and maybe to make it very 
clear that the "e" in "Basterds" was a deliberate choice).
Besides, like you say, the "ou" instead of an "o" reminds of a British 
spelling. "Inglourious Basterds" is actually set in "old Europe". Also, 
languages and mistakes in language play an important role in the movie.
Think of the "Italian scene", for example...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krtnt191Drg
 
 

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I had a suspicion that there was a former film with the same title and 
that this might be the motivation, but I frankly wasn't interested 
enough to research that thought.
 
This brings me to another thought, however. If you already knew all 
this, why did you ask the question? Are you testing others or yourself? 
Or maybe you just want us all to think that you're a genius? :) lol
 

 in "old Europe".
 
 
Maybe he conceived and discarded a different vowel change
in "bastards": U instead of A.
 
 
BTW, what about "infamous" in place of "famous"?
("famose" for those Americans who don't like the "ou" ;-)
 
 
-- 
"I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to
achieve it by not dying."
                -- Woody Allen
 

 edevils, 19:34, venerdï¿œ 18 gennaio 2013:
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Infamous and famous have two different meanings. I would only use famose 
when writing in Italian.
 
However, flammable and inflammable are interchangeable.

 "famose"
 
'n altro litro? :D
 
Oste!
 
portace n'altro litro
che noi se lo bevemo
e poi j'arisponnemo
....embï¿œ embï¿œ che c'ï¿œ?
 
e quanno er vino embï¿œ
c'arriva ar gozzo embï¿œ
ar gargarozzo embï¿œ
ce fa' er ficozzo embï¿œ
pe' falla corta
pe' falla breve
mio caro oste portace da beve
da beve
da beve
olï¿œ!
 
:D
 

 Or maybe you just want us all to think that you're a genius? :) lol
 
Or a "genious"! :D
 

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Hmmm, are you trying to be ingenious or ingenuous?
 
 

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Hmm... One more syllable makes a world of difference!
 
\in-ˈjēn-yəs\
 
 \in-ˈjen-yə-wəs, -yü-əs\
 
(M-W)