How Do You Spell HADDEST A HEAD START?
Pronunciation: [hˈadəst ɐ hˈɛd stˈɑːt] (IPA) 
"haddest a head start" is a phrase from Old English, meaning "you had a lead" or "you were ahead." The spelling of "haddest" reflects its origin as the second person singular past tense of "to have." In IPA phonetic transcription, "haddest" would be pronounced as /ˈhædɪst/. "Head" is spelled as usual, but "start" is spelled with an "a" instead of an "o" due to the influence of Middle Low German, where "star" was the word for "start." The IPA transcription for "start" would be /stɑrt/.
