This section is from the book "The Manual of Phonography", by Benn Pitman And Jerome B. Howard. Also available from Amazon: The Manual of Phonography.
See paragraphs 47 to 52.
Write the long we, wa, wah, etc., before t.
Write the short wi, we, wa, etc., before t.
Write the long ye, ya, yah, etc., before t.
Write the shorty, ye, ya, etc., before t.
Par. 52 a.-(1) Weave, wit, wight, widow, widely, witch, wash, Wabash, yearly.
Sometimes a first-place coalescent may be introduced into the middle of an outline: Unweaving, unwitty, outwit, bewitch.
(2) Weep, wave, wait, wet, wage, weak, awake, wing, yam, yoke.
(3) Woof, youth, watch, Eugenia, unity.
Par. 52 b. - Fume, dupe, occupy, gewgaw, puny, beauty, immunity, tulip, cubic, assume, Teutonic.
Few, new, sue, anew, avenue, bedew, endue vendue.
Wife, wive, witty, wot, weed, weedy, wad, wide, withe, withy, witchery, wish, washy, walk, weaving, year, yawl.
Wavy, wade, wake, wag, waving, waved, web, weight, weighty, wed, wedge, wipe, wick, wink, wove, wooed, woke, Yale, yellow, yea.
Euphony, use, usurp, unify, waif, yacht, Yarrow, Yankee, yore.
Assuming, beweep, cube, Cuba, cupola, cubeb, duke, duty, feud, fumy, fuzee, Lucy, Luna, mewed, occupied, pneumatic, puke, pupa, Punic, putid, thwack, tube, tunic, tumefy.
Adieu, ague, Bellevue, cue, dew, due, emu, hew, hue, lieu, pew, renew, thew, undue, venue, view. Await, aware, away, awake, awoke.
 
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