The ウエ ＆ ウイ are correct, it's more confusing to put small /i/ and /e/ after 'w', I'm guessing. But that's the only way I've learned to do it. I think the intent was to sound like 'we' and 'wi' just by putting the /u/ and /i/ close together, so it's ue and ui. U+e is pretty much the closest way native Japanese speakers can get to the non-Japanese pronunciations. Remember, Japanese people use roma-ji/romanization, too!
Posted by Anonymous on May 21st, 2010 at 10:02 pm.
The ウエ ＆ ウイ are correct, it's
The ウエ ＆ ウイ are correct, it's more confusing to put small /i/ and /e/ after 'w', I'm guessing. But that's the only way I've learned to do it. I think the intent was to sound like 'we' and 'wi' just by putting the /u/ and /i/ close together, so it's ue and ui. U+e is pretty much the closest way native Japanese speakers can get to the non-Japanese pronunciations. Remember, Japanese people use roma-ji/romanization, too!