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I am graduating this semester and I'll be partaking in the graduation ceremony. My university sent me an email, asking me to provide the "phonetic spelling/pronunciation of [my] full name", but I am 99.9% sure they aren't looking for IPA, but for this hacky pseudo-phonetic system that I've seen people use a lot online. The problem is, while I know IPA, I don't really know that system. Is there a 1-to-1 correspondence for these two systems for American English vowels (Northeast, cot-caught split)? Here's my best attempt:
/i/ → <ee>
/ɪ/ → <i>
/ɛ/ → <eh> ??
/æ/ → <a>
/ɑ/ → ??
/ɔ/ → <aw>
/ʌ~ə/ → <uh>
/ʊ/ → ??
/u/ → <oo>
/aɪ/ → <eye>
/ɔɪ/ → <oy>
/eɪ/ → <ay>
/aʊ/ → ??
/oʊ/ → <oe>
Or I can just be a total snob and tell them "here's the IPA, good luck" xD