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I assume you mean buffet as in food. Or perhaps you mean buffet - to hit something with great force repeatedly, as in wind, rain, etc.
I believe Americans pronounce buffet (food), buff-ay with the emphasis on the last syllable.
English people pronounce it boofay with no emphasis on either syllable, but with the oo slightly shortened.
The French pronounce it boofay with no emphasis on either syllable.
In Holland it is pronounced ber-fet, with the emphasis on fet.
Seeing that buffet is a French word, it would seem that the way it is pronounced in England is closer to the original.
Yes, sorry, as in food. However in my limited (17 years) experience of living in England, the Brits that I knew all pronounced it buff-IT. Perhaps it varies by region? I lived in Reading.