The guy is ommitting in "getting on"

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In his accent, the ng in -ing is replaced with a glottal stop. Most Americans replace it with an /n/.
 
I detected a glottal stop before the ending; this is common in that dialect for a /t/. I detected a /n/ sound at the end of the word, not a glottal stop.
You're right. I suffered some mental dyslexia there. :) We Americans often use a glottal stop there, too, but the following vowel may be shortened more; so much so that the phrase can sound like yeah, we're get non now.
 
Svetlana14, note the correct spelling of "om​itting".
 
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