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I don't know if Stack Exchange is the right place to ask this question but I am very keen to find out:

Which accent has Brad Pitt adopted in the movie Inglourious Basterds for the role of Lieutenant Aldo Raine?

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A question about the accents of Downton Abbey characters was recently closed as "too localized". This question may meet the same fate. On the other hand, the Downton Abbey question had a +7 score, so apparently there was some interest. Maybe a meta thread is in order on questions like this. – Nate Eldredge Mar 1 at 4:30
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I started a meta thread. – Nate Eldredge Mar 1 at 4:37
I think that questions about actors' portrayals of accents are off-topic (that is, out of scope). Even the [current] single answer to this question cannot be certain. – Andrew Leach Mar 1 at 8:40
Tough call. Why don't you ask "Brad Pitt's accent in Inglorious Bastards". It has its own facebook page. – tylerharms Mar 1 at 8:45

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The character Aldo Raine is from Maynardville, Tennessee and is a hillbilly who enjoys bootlegging moonshine. While I'm unsure about the accuracy of Pitt's accent for the time period, it certainly sounds (possibly intentionally) overdone to my ears.

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