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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840. | Aurelia (jade_f) | 54.71 | 96% | 2020-12-01 |
841. | Mawon (wonlee) | 54.70 | 98% | 2020-03-23 |
842. | Duck (theduckracer) | 54.68 | 95% | 2020-02-29 |
843. | Arjun (asterbot) | 54.63 | 93% | 2019-12-30 |
844. | Li (alucardkoten) | 54.56 | 96% | 2020-10-03 |
845. | Sam (gates250) | 54.56 | 94% | 2020-04-17 |
846. | ✧☯ƇƬƛƝЄ✧ (bot628) | 54.55 | 97% | 2019-09-11 |
847. | 5k m1chael (mihai03) | 54.35 | 97% | 2019-12-01 |
848. | Mr (mrbas1210) | 54.29 | 96% | 2019-10-13 |
849. | Khan (khan_ali) | 54.11 | 96% | 2019-11-24 |
850. | Jacob (gadekaja) | 54.09 | 94% | 2019-12-23 |
851. | Jacky (ack__y) | 54.08 | 96% | 2020-11-21 |
852. | Hugh Janus (chrispoulos) | 54.08 | 97% | 2020-03-20 |
853. | Salmon (raresalmon) | 54.07 | 95% | 2020-01-28 |
854. | UReal (chc39615) | 54.05 | 96% | 2020-01-08 |
855. | Mohit (mohit2208) | 53.89 | 95% | 2020-01-19 |
856. | Nikhil (qwertyiop56) | 53.86 | 94% | 2020-03-28 |
857. | Foyez (aflextra) | 53.86 | 93% | 2020-08-26 |
858. | Phil (joot) | 53.85 | 96% | 2020-11-29 |
859. | Bernie (bernie557) | 53.84 | 95% | 2020-06-08 |
860. | PicturingFrames (frame_abil... | 53.79 | 91% | 2020-11-18 |
861. | George (giorgos1) | 53.75 | 93% | 2020-03-20 |
862. | Jem (jampr) | 53.67 | 95% | 2020-07-02 |
863. | crai (crai27) | 53.66 | 97% | 2020-12-10 |
864. | Led (ledstjames) | 53.63 | 98% | 2020-05-21 |
865. | Jed (erictheodore) | 53.62 | 96% | 2019-11-17 |
866. | Aaron (aaronlandau) | 53.61 | 96% | 2020-01-21 |
867. | Erfan (erfan_feili) | 53.59 | 95% | 2020-09-30 |
868. | thespaghetti27 (thespaghett... | 53.58 | 95% | 2020-11-10 |
869. | vbop (vbop) | 53.48 | 94% | 2020-02-13 |
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 |