“scuse me missus, is your fella in or owt? I have some gizmos I am looking to get rid, they ain’t knocked off nor notin”

Would you buy from this person?

I would personally beat him around the head with a frozen fish… yes, you heard me, a frozen fish.

Which leads us to today’s sales training guide. Today we are going to look at speaking all good n proper.

You see, a good grasp of the English language may seem like something for your local book club, but it is all part of the perception you are giving off as a human. You can look like Brad Pitt, but if you speak like the example above, then you will have the door shut in your face on a regular basis.

Now please don’t get me wrong, I am not saying that you should tickle the nether regions of the eloquent vocab structures, nor should you use hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism words to sound impressive…. yes, hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism is an actual word, and yes, I did use it in the correct context………

Where have you gone?

Ah, off to Google to search for hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism are we?

Ok, I will wait for you to get back…….

Back?

Happy now?

Ok, let’s continue.

Being able to speak in a manner that doesn’t sound like a plumber from Essex (no offense plumbers from Essex), is a skill that should be practiced.

Remember, it is not what you say it is how you say it.