BEGINNER'S GUIDE to CUT SPELLING (taken from: Introducing Cut Spelling )

CUT LETTERS AS FOLLOWS: 

Rule 1: Cut letters irrelevant to the sound:
A in head>hed, B in doubt>dout, C in except>exept, D in adjust>ajust, E in are>ar, GH in caught>caut, H in when>wen, I in friend>frend, K in knife>nife, O-L inwould>wud, N in condemn>condem, O in people>peple, P in receipt>receit, S in island>iland, T in fetch>fech, U in build>bild, W in write>rite, Y in key>ke,
and in many other spelling patterns. 

Rule 2a: Cut unstressed vowels before L,M,N,R
A as in pedal>pedl, and likewise madm, womn, vicr.
E as in camel>caml, and likewise systm, gardn, singr.
I as in lentil>lentl, and likewise victm, raisn, Cheshr.
O as in pistol>pistl, and likewise fathm, reasn, sailr.
U as in consul>consl, and likewise albm, murmr.
AI as in mountain>mountn.
OU as in glamour>glamr. 

Rule 2b: Cut vowels in regular endings
as -ED>-D in washed>washd.
-ES>-S in washes>washs.
-ING>-NG in washing>washng.
-ABLE>-BL in washable>washbl. 

Rule 3: Write most double consonants single
as in ebb>eb, lock>lok, well>wel, bottle>botl, hopped>hopd, hopping>hopng, accommodate>acomodate. 

SUBSTITUTE LETTERS AS FOLLOWS: 1 F for GH & PH: rough>ruf, photograph>fotograf
2 J for soft G: ginger>jinjr, judge>juj
3 Y for IG: sigh>sy, sight>syt, sign>syn 

FEWER CAPITALS & APOSTROPHES Write only proper names with capitals:
France but french, Paris but parisian,
Augustus but august, Satrn but satrday.
Write apostrophes only to link words:
she'd, it's, we'l, let's,
not to show omission or possession:
oclok, hadnt, Freds house, our neibrs houses.