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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877. | Jose (jgeer) | 53.32 | 97% | 2020-01-10 |
878. | DataCrusader (faruzzy) | 53.27 | 94% | 2019-11-25 |
879. | Nexi (just_nexi) | 53.13 | 94% | 2020-08-23 |
880. | (mymymy141) | 53.06 | 97% | 2020-07-16 |
881. | Anton (alejendaryguy) | 52.97 | 96% | 2020-08-26 |
882. | Roman (roman_kovalchuk) | 52.95 | 96% | 2019-11-27 |
883. | elio! (gabspyz) | 52.91 | 95% | 2020-04-09 |
884. | Danny (h4ndeye) | 52.64 | 96% | 2020-12-06 |
885. | rajnish (rajnishkumar31) | 52.63 | 96% | 2020-08-21 |
886. | Ash (axelpsycho) | 52.58 | 96% | 2019-12-23 |
887. | Bine (binee) | 52.43 | 96% | 2020-11-24 |
888. | Radzik (r_dzik) | 52.43 | 97% | 2020-05-22 |
889. | Jessica (jessdn) | 52.35 | 94% | 2020-11-26 |
890. | Sugeeth (sugeeth14) | 52.34 | 96% | 2020-04-09 |
891. | Colin (czrobertson) | 52.20 | 95% | 2020-12-12 |
892. | Tuan (fifi199230) | 52.04 | 97% | 2020-04-27 |
893. | Pink Mutt (frugalmussel) | 52.00 | 95% | 2020-03-22 |
894. | Matti (zuhna) | 51.91 | 97% | 2019-09-14 |
895. | logan (lacton44) | 51.89 | 96% | 2020-10-27 |
896. | Kumar (kumar_thapa1) | 51.73 | 96% | 2019-12-29 |
897. | Emmanuel (typists200) | 51.71 | 95% | 2020-08-27 |
898. | Rata (rata_m) | 51.69 | 97% | 2019-09-14 |
899. | Sephiroth (jukethehitman) | 51.67 | 98% | 2020-12-14 |
900. | Teodor (maniacth) | 51.63 | 95% | 2019-12-08 |
901. | Brady (bradymoller) | 51.55 | 98% | 2020-08-23 |
902. | Nopeejäbä (nopeejaba) | 51.45 | 95% | 2020-02-07 |
903. | Bismith (bismith) | 51.40 | 94% | 2020-04-19 |
904. | Yuuto (usualhour) | 51.27 | 95% | 2020-05-19 |
905. | Arman (148038) | 51.20 | 96% | 2020-02-28 |
906. | Fredric (lockheart456) | 51.14 | 96% | 2019-09-11 |
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 |