WB: Bad-assed ['bæd æst] vs. bad-assèdness ['bæd 'æsᵻdnᵻs] i.e., [æst] ~ ['æsᵻd] : [t] ~ [ᵻd] : Ø ~ [ᵻ]. ------------------------------------------------------------ The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org