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consultant or consulting?

Puzzleheaded_Blood40
what's he saying [***here***](https://youtu.be/4bT5G-U0XEs?si=wlC85Fe7m8GQQ9CG&t=1844)***?*** I hear something like consultant without a final t, like consult**ə**ng.

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cardinarium
Could be either one. My first guess would be “consultant” with a glottalized or unreleased final /t/, but it’s not uncommon to reduce “-ing” endings to “-in’.”
zebostoneleigh
[consulting.com](http://consulting.om) Which you can also confirm by searching for the YouTuber's name and [consulting.com](http://consulting.com) and see news stories.
voxanimi
"He owned a company called consulting.com" In his accent, "\~ing" is often shortened to "\~in" if it's not a stressed syllable. So, for example, "wing" would still have a full "ing" since the syllable is stressed. A lot of accents in English do this to some degree (like American 'how's it goin'?'), but some are more consistent with it than others.
JenniferJuniper6
Consulting, according to the captions.