schwi

plural schwis

1. human sciencesAn indeterminate near-close central unrounded vowel sound, such as the "e" in "roses" or the "y" in "very", depending on the accent; sometimes represented as [[[ɨ]]] in IPA or [[[ᵻ]]] in para-IPA.

   Should the schwa [ago] and schwi [very] be represented with a unique phonogram?

   2002 January, Steve Bett, “The number of phonemes in English”, in Journal of the Simplified Spelling Society

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   Similarly the syllable "day" in "Sunday" is to be printed smaller than the rest of the type and in the higher position to show, first that the vowel is unstressed and second that the sounds needs to be "schwi,"

   1966, Albert J. Mazurkiewicz, The Initial Teaching Alphabet and the World of English: Proceedings

   Accent Hint No. 1 -- if the first syllable contains a one-syllable prefix, the vowel in that syllable is unaccented and thus is probably a schwa /ə/ or schwi /i/.

   1972, Marsha Fabian, Mary Rhodes Hoover, Patterns for reading, page 141