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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928. | Steven (stevie03) | 49.48 | 94% | 2020-01-08 |
929. | melkiyar (melkiyar3) | 49.43 | 97% | 2020-02-05 |
930. | Mohammed (guitarist999) | 49.37 | 96% | 2020-12-07 |
931. | Divya (divya_16) | 49.36 | 95% | 2020-02-07 |
932. | Basone01 (basone01) | 49.26 | 95% | 2019-09-19 |
933. | HADI (adilmuhammadi) | 49.16 | 97% | 2020-01-14 |
934. | boop (sir_uwu) | 49.12 | 95% | 2019-11-25 |
935. | Casper (venomizedcasper) | 48.97 | 94% | 2019-10-12 |
936. | Keanan (poisonvoid) | 48.90 | 94% | 2019-12-01 |
937. | Adam (adamt_543) | 48.86 | 95% | 2020-08-21 |
938. | Xun (zhuxun2) | 48.79 | 96% | 2020-01-04 |
939. | Howlh (howlh) | 48.74 | 93% | 2019-09-08 |
940. | Hunter (wizardhunter11) | 48.52 | 94% | 2020-04-07 |
941. | Raj (typeracingnub) | 48.39 | 94% | 2020-03-17 |
942. | bigwayv (bigwayv) | 48.34 | 98% | 2020-03-05 |
943. | Flamegull (flamegull) | 48.16 | 95% | 2020-03-05 |
944. | Roy (royroyking) | 48.13 | 95% | 2020-12-11 |
945. | Turi (haditoori) | 47.78 | 94% | 2020-04-01 |
946. | pfft001 (pfft001) | 47.77 | 95% | 2020-04-26 |
947. | Sasim (sasim) | 47.68 | 94% | 2019-12-03 |
948. | sneha (sneha_1503) | 47.67 | 97% | 2019-11-21 |
949. | Timothy (timmysanantonio) | 47.50 | 94% | 2019-12-02 |
950. | Austin (quanglamtran346) | 47.43 | 96% | 2020-11-30 |
951. | Mauro (mmudz_) | 47.41 | 95% | 2020-04-08 |
952. | emily (emilyrs) | 47.36 | 93% | 2020-04-08 |
953. | me (plnep) | 47.30 | 95% | 2020-10-29 |
954. | Eric (ercz16) | 47.23 | 95% | 2020-08-23 |
955. | Yusuf (yusuft2) | 46.78 | 96% | 2020-02-21 |
956. | Lobsang (karukami) | 46.71 | 99% | 2020-11-21 |
957. | rushil (rushil17chawla) | 46.70 | 95% | 2019-09-13 |
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 |