u/Heavy-Profession7953

About a year or two ago, I started hearing people say "election" like it's spelled "elaction", "expect" like "expact", etc. It seems particularly bad in DC. I hear it a lot on the PBS News Hour, Washington Week, etc. It got to a point where my husband and I would both scream "Texas" whenever someone pronounces it "taxes".

I am particularly sensitive to these two sounds because I have a native Mandarin speaker in the family. Ever since she came to the US in 2012, I've been trying to correct her. Now it seems the native speakers are picking up her accent...