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.
| Game | Time | WPM | Accuracy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12077 | 2020-08-23 12:17:18 | 73.66 | 96% |
| 9056 | 2020-04-06 23:14:04 | 70.24 | 94% |
| 6700 | 2020-01-05 05:37:00 | 71.98 | 95% |