Lady Selling Locust Bean Markets It Using Good Queen's English, Video Trends: "She Was a Teacher"
- An Ogiri seller went viral after a video showed her perfectly advertising the cooking ingredient with sweet Queen's English
- Her English accent was clear and enticing, making some people conclude that the lady once worked as a teacher
- Apart from her sweet-sounding Queen's English, the lady also sang a sweet song to attract customers
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A Nigerian hawker who sells Ogiri (locust bean) in Lagos impressed people with her advertising skills.
She was spotted using an enticing accent to market the Ogiri and to attract customers to her product.
In the video, which was posted by Adekoya Abolore, the lady was standing at the spot while talking to some potential buyers.
She spoke in a sing-song manner, and her accent sounded like she had lived in Oyinbo land.
Apart from her enticing accent, the hawker also used Ogiri to sing a song as if she were teaching nursery school children.
Lagos hawker impresses people with sweet English accent
In fact, because of how she spoke and the song she sang, some people who saw the video said she may have worked as a teacher in the past.
Many TikTok users were impressed with her speaking skills and expressed admiration for her in the comment section of the clip.
Watch the video below:
TikTok users praise lady hawking with sweet accent
@ujunwa udeji said:
"This Ogiri go Harvard oh."
@Fortune Real Estate said:
"Can we help this woman collectively? The English is good, and the product is natural."
@Blessing reacted:
"When a professor graduates without a job and decides to sell Ogiri, what do you expect?"
@aunty TikTok said:
"For my mind na me day speak English like this without mistake."
@Lymajoh commented:
"I think she was a teacher before."
@RAJ said:
"See wetin naija unemployment turn primary school teacher to, when most of the govt schools are lacking trained teachers."
@Zubairu Binta zulaihat said:
"Omo the accent sweet!"
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