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How do you pronounce breakfast?

71 replies

Dakotablue · 20/12/2022 18:34

It's pronounced 'brek-fast' isn't it?
Hearing people pronounce it 'break fast' really sets my teeth on edge.
Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

OP posts:
Van34 · 20/12/2022 18:37

Brek fust . I'm from Yorkshire, DP is from Staffordshire and pronounces it the same.

Iam4eels · 20/12/2022 18:39

Brek-fist, regional accent.

Ocrumbs · 20/12/2022 18:40

Brek-fust

PacificallyRequested · 20/12/2022 18:41

I say brek-fist too.

Oysterbabe · 20/12/2022 18:41

Brekfust here too.

Batshittery · 20/12/2022 18:42

Brekfust Xmas Grin

AffIt · 20/12/2022 18:42

Brek-fist.

Scottish, west coast.

Dartmoorcheffy · 20/12/2022 18:42

Breck fust. Or brekkie .. I'm from Manchester

ChristmasBells123 · 20/12/2022 18:45

Brek-fust - southern UK

amylou8 · 20/12/2022 18:46

Brek fust - south east

Overthebow · 20/12/2022 18:46

Brek fust, south east. I’ve never heard anyone say it differently.

Blowyourowntrumpet · 20/12/2022 18:46

Brekfust.

barelyfunctional · 20/12/2022 18:47

Brekf’st

MarshaMelrose · 20/12/2022 18:47

Brek-fst.

ApolloandDaphne · 20/12/2022 18:48

I say brek-fist. My DM says break-fast which really grinds my gears!

Shrubb157 · 20/12/2022 18:48

Brek-fst

I’ve never heard anyone call pronounce it ‘break-fast’

LubaLuca · 20/12/2022 18:49

Brekfust. My mum can be a bit of a dick and will say things like 'May I have English break fast tea please?'. She's embarrassing.

AiryFairy1 · 20/12/2022 18:50

4 yo me said bekfris, but grownup me says brekfist

MogHog · 20/12/2022 18:50

We say Brek-fust- Yorkshire.
About 20 years ago my mum got a new job and I noticed she started saying break-fast...she swears blind that she has always said it this way. She hasn't at all and it always makes me chuckle when I hear her.

FlattenedAsAPancccake · 20/12/2022 18:50

Brek-stust (because that’s what my child used to call it and years later, we’ve just stuck with it…)

Definitely not ‘Break-fast’

helloisitmeyourelookingfor · 20/12/2022 18:52

My MIL calls is break-fast

I thought she was taking the piss when she said it the first time as there had been comments about me being posh I'm not, I just come from a different area

But no, that's how she says it

Isseywith3witchycats · 20/12/2022 18:54

brekfast midlands

NotToBeOrToBe · 20/12/2022 18:55

Well it is the meal that 'breaks the fast'. But no, brekfust here too.

donttalkaboutbookclub · 20/12/2022 18:55

Brekkie

DanielRicciardosSmile · 20/12/2022 18:55

Brekfst.