Quick question ... how do you say UNIQLO ?

[Whoremoanghoul]

As the title says really, I heard two pronunciations during a conversation and then restrained myself from makinganarseofmyself asking which is correct!

One person said UNIQUE - LOW

T'other said YOU - KNEE - GLOW

I'm wondering what everyone else says?

Uni-clo I've always thought it must be a sort of 'unique' and 'clothing' portmanteau word, so that's how I say it. (When I do, which is not often)

I get told off by DD for saying U Nee Glow. She says U Nee Klow.

Sorry, very unhelpful.

I would say unique-low

you knee glow

But why would it be uni glow, there is no G in it?

uni-clo

Japanese has no stressed and unstressed syllables. So Toyko isn't Toe-kee-O (as must people say it in Britain) but Toke-yo, barely more that two syllables. I've always pronounced Uniqlo as You-Knee-Klo, with no stress, as olderandwider's DD things (although the ee is probably slightly shorter than in knee). Japanese colleagues never corrected me (they don't, though), and I think that's how it's pronounced in Japan. Well, sort of: more like You-Knee-qro, as the is in low isn't used in Japanese. Uniqro doko desu-ka (where is Uniqlo?), I think.

Critical buy: the Heat-Tech tops. My daughters have several from London, and a few nicer colours from Tokyo and Kyoto, and swear by them.

That all went wrong, didn't it? Let's try again.

Japanese has no stressed and unstressed syllables. So Toyko isn't Toe-kee-O (as most people say it in Britain) but Toke-yo, barely more that two syllables and the long o is usually marked with a bar above it to show it's long. I've always pronounced Uniqlo as You-Knee-Klo, with no stress, as olderandwider's DD thinks (although the ee is probably slightly shorter than in knee). Japanese colleagues never corrected me (they don't, though), and I think that's how it's pronounced in Japan. Well, sort of: more like You-Knee-qro, as the l sound in low isn't used in Japanese. Uniqro doko desu-ka (where is Uniqlo?), I think.

I say uni-klo. I know quite a few people who say uni-glo though and I really don't get it as there is no "g". What's that about ?

tokyo can I just ask what your name means? Sorry to hijack but just too curious.

People are reading the Q as a G, that's why they say Uniglo. They are not used to seeing a Q with no U after it so their eyes automatically turn it into a G. Drives me mental when my friends say Uniglo though, I point at their bags and go, "what's that then? Q for Queen, that's what". Amusing.

Brother in law lives in Japan and says UNI-CLO

Uni-clo.

Uni-clo

Uni-clo? thought it was obvious?!

While we are discussing pronunciation, how do you say "vertbaudet"? I always feel foolish saying it. And "petit bateau".

its surely uni clo as in unique and low (price) no?

Vertbaudet is "vair-bow-day". Petit Bateau is "puh-tee bah-toe"

Hope that helps!

Tokyonambu is just TokyoJapan I think... I'm sure she'll set us straight :)

and konnichiwa !

you nee klow ( rhymes with blow)

Tokyonambu means Southern Tokyo, I believe! If it was TokyoJapan, it would be Tokyonippon

Uniqlo is short for 'unique clothing' (see corporate history here so yes, it's uni-clo - but in Japan it is actually pronounced yu-ni-ku-ro because Japanese doesn't have a 'cl' sound .