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Superdry is not a Japanese brand Today, I had a lesson with a tutor living in UK. We talked about fashion brand like UNIQLO and North face and so on. I asked her “ What do you think about Superdry?” She answered “It is a Japanese brand, isn’t it?” I said “ Surperdry is a British brand! Not Japanese!” She was surprised that fact so much. At the same time she thought that made sense, because Superdry is not a Japanese taste. I think many people regard Superdry is a Japanese brand because of the Japanese writing logo of Superdry. In addition, I told her that its Japanese writing is unnatural. She said it’s so embarrassing, then we laughed together. According to her, There are some similar cases in fast fashion brand. They sometimes use French writing for their products, but the writings doesn't make sense. That’s the same as Japan, there are so many weird English products around the life in Japan. It’s interesting. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Japanese) Superdryは日本のブランドじゃない 今日はイギリス在住の先生とレッスン。 ユニクロやノースフェイスのファッションブランドの話になって、 私が「Surperdryはどう思う?」と聞いたら、 彼女は「あれは日本のブランドだよね?」と言うので 「違うよ!イギリスのブランドだよ!」と私が言うと、とてもびっくりしていた。 だけど同時に彼女は確かにSuperdryの製品は日本ぽくないねと納得。 ロゴに日本語が入っているからみんな日本のブランドだと思うよね。 しかもあのロゴの「極度乾燥(しなさい)」って不自然な日本語だよって教えてあげたら、 それすごく恥ずかしいじゃんって言って二人で笑ってしまった。 彼女が言うには、ファストファッションのブランドでたまにフランス語をデザインに入れてカッコよくしようとしているけど意味わからない時があるらしい。 日本もそこら中に変な英語があるけど、どこも同じなのね。 面白い。

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Superdry Is Not a Japanese Brand

Today, I had a lesson with a tutor living in the UK. We talked about the fashion brands UNIQLO, North Face, and so on.

I asked her, “What do you think about Superdry?”

She answered, “It is a Japanese brand, isn’t it?”

I informed her, “Superdry is a British brand, not Japanese!”

My tutor was surprised by/at that fact so much. The more she thought about it, though, she realized that that made sense since the style of Superdry does not match up well with Japanese taste. Furthermore, I think many people regard Superdry to be a Japanese brand mainly because of the Japanese writing used in its logo. Finally, I had to break it to her that the Japanese writing they use is quite unnatural.

”What?” I could imagine her turning red, as she then said in a low voice, “That's so embarrassing!”

We then laughed out loud together. According to her, there are some other similar cases in Fast fashion brands. For one, she told me that they sometimes use French spelling for their products, but it, too, also doesn't make sense. That’s the same situation as in Japan--there are so many weirdly named English products there. Regardless, I think it is rather interesting cultural development.

Hi, Megumi. Good job! Whatever changes I made were to allow your sentences to sound more natural to my native ears, to clarity your thoughts, and for ease of reading. My sincerest apologies if I have misinterpreted. I hope that this helps you, Jonathan.
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Superdry is Not a Japanese Brand

Today, I had a lesson with a tutor living in the UK.
When we talked about fashion brands like UNIQLO and North Face, I asked her: “ What do you think of Superdry?”
She said, “That's a Japanese brand, right?”
When I said “No way! It's a British brand!” she was completely surprised.
But at the same time she thought it made sense, because Superdry products are clearly not Japanese style.
I think many people regard Superdry as a Japanese brand because the logo has Japanese writing in it.
In addition, when I told her that the Japanese writing in the logo is unnatural, she said that was really embarrassing, then we laughed together.
According to her, fast fashion brands sometimes include French in their designs because they are trying to look cool, but the writing doesn't always make sense.
In Japan too, there's strange English used all over - it's the same everywhere, isn't it.
It’s interesting!

It is interesting, Megumi! I didn't want to change too much - I tried to make your writing sound a bit more natural while staying as close as possible to your original Japanese.

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I find it interesting that in Japan, companies use English on products to look cool, and overseas, companies use Japanese to look cool :)

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