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Basic LC Cuttering Guide

Basic LC Cuttering Guide
Condition Conversion Values
After initial vowels
for the second letter:
use number:		 b
2		 d
3		 l-m
4		 n
5		 p
6		 r
7		 s-t
8		 u-y
9
After initial letter S
for the second letter:
use number:		 a
2		 ch
3		 e
4		 h-i
5		 m-p
6		 t
7		 u
8		 w-z
9
After initial letters Qu
for the second letter:
use number:		 a
3		 e
4		 i
5		 o
6		 r
7		 t
8		 y
9		  
For initial letters Qa-Qt
use:		 2-29
After other initial consonants
for the second letter:
use number:		 a
3		 e
4		 i
5		 o
6		 r
7		 u
8		 y
9		  
For expansion
for the letter:
use number:		 a-d
3		 e-h
4		 i-l
5		 m-o
6		 p-s
7		 t-v
8		 w-z
9		  

It is a commonly accepted convention that a cutter should never end with 0 or 1. Prefer the digits 2-9.

Numbers go in A 12-19.