How do the British pronounce breakfast?
Below is the UK transcription for ‘breakfasts‘: Modern IPA: brɛ́kfəsdz. Traditional IPA: ˈbrekfəsts. 2 syllables: “BREK” + “fuhsts”
Why is breakfast pronounced?
WHY is breakfast pronounced BREK-fest? of the word break. Now for the long explanation. In Middle English, at the time when the word breakfast was coined (some time in the mid 15th century), the pronunciation of “ea” in the word break was a long /ɛː/ sound, and it was pronounced like breck (/bɹɛ:k/).