23/12/12 Rachel English – Dropping the T (Count on, Counted, Counting, Counter)

There is another word set
where it’s common for Americans to drop the T,
especially in conversational English,
but even in more formal settings like speeches.

Count on
Counted
Counting
Counter

Counter.
This is true especially in the phrase kitchen counter.
For Americans,
you’ll almost always hear that with no T.
Counter.
Kitchen counter.

I ut in on the kitchen counter and didn’t open it right away. I didn’t want to deal…
These aren’t going to evolve and start with printers on your bathroom counter.

For British English, they will say that T.
Kitchen counter.

Also the word count linking into a vowel. 母音
Count on. 頼る
I cound on that money every month.
T count on something means to need it,
to relly on it, to depend on it.
Count on.
Linked smoothly to that N, no T.

Counted
I counted 20.
How many did you count?
Counted twenty, two dropped T’s.
Or counting.
I’m conting on you.