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Inventing a new or perceived spelling of a word, in order to indicate its pronunciation

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How should one spell the sound "eye" when creating a word?

How can I invent a word (or name) containing the sound "ai" (sounds like "eye") so that an English-speaker is likely to guess the correct pronunciation based on spelling alone, with no outside prompti …
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