It must only be in some places because where I live in the UK both parts change pronunciation.
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it's normal for unstressed short vowels in English to all come out as a "schwa", which the most common phoneme of the language.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid_central_vowel
nah i say wuh-man and wih-min
Except by your own pronunciation guide:
w(uh)man to w(ih)men