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.
—from Garner's Modern English Usage, a book by Bryan Garner
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Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
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364. | InfiniteCows (infinitecows) | 76.05 | 98% | 2020-03-20 |
365. | JusticeEX (justiceex) | 75.91 | 96% | 2019-09-12 |
366. | Alexander (torphon) | 75.86 | 98% | 2020-03-17 |
367. | Kiito (drybones41) | 75.84 | 98% | 2020-06-05 |
368. | Jabez (gigatt) | 75.76 | 96% | 2019-11-27 |
369. | Rimvydas (carbontm) | 75.71 | 96% | 2019-10-25 |
370. | David (dekly) | 75.70 | 95% | 2020-11-03 |
371. | THE JEWELL (wildhorsesthe2nd) | 75.57 | 96% | 2020-03-28 |
372. | (spudvorak) | 75.50 | 98% | 2020-07-07 |
373. | Bob (splork) | 75.44 | 98% | 2020-03-23 |
374. | Daniel (kyoogoo) | 75.43 | 95% | 2020-10-06 |
375. | PR (mrprx) | 75.42 | 96% | 2020-03-26 |
376. | Zambrix (zambrix) | 75.39 | 95% | 2019-12-15 |
377. | Chetan (ch374n) | 75.36 | 97% | 2019-09-10 |
378. | Zekken (zekken12345) | 75.32 | 96% | 2020-10-26 |
379. | Rodrigo (rugoso) | 75.32 | 97% | 2019-09-26 |
380. | Pol (gonfreecs99) | 75.31 | 97% | 2020-10-19 |
381. | Al (integralphysics) | 75.29 | 98% | 2020-10-15 |
382. | Jonas (jounsn) | 75.20 | 96% | 2020-03-18 |
383. | ren (agauaen) | 75.19 | 96% | 2020-08-24 |
384. | Markus (evanis_bad) | 75.04 | 97% | 2020-02-08 |
385. | Snow (snowjack) | 75.01 | 96% | 2019-12-27 |
386. | Michael (mercury28) | 74.99 | 96% | 2020-12-18 |
387. | Nick (nick1347) | 74.93 | 98% | 2020-05-07 |
388. | pineapples (pineapplejam) | 74.92 | 97% | 2020-10-09 |
389. | Dan (danomate) | 74.88 | 95% | 2019-12-04 |
390. | Edward (kailhreds) | 74.87 | 98% | 2019-10-13 |
391. | bruh_momentum (travis358) | 74.86 | 96% | 2019-10-26 |
392. | youtube.com/martinkirilov (... | 74.85 | 98% | 2019-10-11 |
393. | Manze (manze) | 74.80 | 95% | 2020-05-03 |
Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
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Default (English) | 1,218 | 77.00 | September 2, 2019 |
ᗜ Stenography | 1 | 55.97 | May 27, 2023 |