View Pit Stop page for race #13150 by kris_z — Ghost race
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| Official speed | 86.74 wpm (77.75 seconds elapsed during race) |
|---|---|
| Race Start | February 28, 2020 10:45:55pm UTC |
| Race Finish | February 28, 2020 10:47:13pm UTC |
| Outcome | No win (2 of 5) |
| Opponents |
1. kisagi (87.68 wpm) 3. deefly (81.54 wpm) 4. maosk (68.57 wpm) |
| Accuracy | 96.0% |
| Points | 140.23 |
| Text | #4180451 (Length: 562 characters) Take, for example, bridegroom, or groom. In Middle English (ca. 1200-1500), the original term was goom (= man). The extra -r- was added centuries ago by false association with someone who works in a stable to care for horses. America's greatest lexicographer, Noah Webster, fought in vain in the early 19th century to make a man on his wedding day the bridegoom and all his attendants the goomsmen. But the English-speaking people would have none of it - they wanted their extra -r-, and they got it. The harmless mutation survived, and today we're wedded to it. |