[ryanjkirk]

You're half right. The "bre" e is pronounced like pen or bed, not bray.

[DrewRWx]

And here I thought the schwa just wreaked havoc in English.

[qu4z-2]

Outside of my home country of New Zealand, I think very few English speakers pronounce either "pen" or "bed" with a schwa. (actually, even we don't)