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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 614. | Weed (weeddinosaur) | 65.87 | 96% | 2020-04-01 |
| 615. | Jason (jasonbetterthanyouall) | 65.82 | 97% | 2020-04-17 |
| 616. | k (mc0sta) | 65.81 | 97% | 2020-02-27 |
| 617. | Ian (coocooman3) | 65.68 | 96% | 2020-04-08 |
| 618. | Krisztian (ltplissken) | 65.63 | 97% | 2019-09-13 |
| 619. | Kai (gigadelic) | 65.60 | 96% | 2020-09-14 |
| 620. | Pradeep (pradeep7) | 65.54 | 98% | 2019-11-10 |
| 621. | Kevin (chqu7424) | 65.49 | 95% | 2020-09-28 |
| 622. | ตาแดง (pitagorus) | 65.45 | 98% | 2020-06-28 |
| 623. | Speedies19 (speedies19) | 65.43 | 94% | 2020-03-23 |
| 624. | Camel (bandar314@yahoo.com) | 65.38 | 96% | 2020-01-13 |
| 625. | Maffew (wettham) | 65.32 | 96% | 2019-10-16 |
| 626. | Hao (codh) | 65.29 | 97% | 2019-11-14 |
| 627. | Stanislav (stanmkh) | 65.27 | 97% | 2020-01-29 |
| 628. | Fabrizio (fab_) | 65.23 | 95% | 2020-10-10 |
| 629. | Gen (genthethief) | 65.16 | 95% | 2020-08-23 |
| 630. | ToTo (complexion) | 65.14 | 98% | 2020-12-02 |
| 631. | dysprosium (dyspr0sium) | 65.14 | 95% | 2019-11-19 |
| 632. | Kushal (kushaltrivedi5) | 65.08 | 93% | 2020-01-14 |
| 633. | Kyu (kyuche) | 65.05 | 96% | 2019-10-16 |
| 634. | Humble (sanguisdraco) | 65.05 | 98% | 2019-09-02 |
| 635. | Maciej (thasobot) | 64.98 | 98% | 2019-11-13 |
| 636. | T (talbi) | 64.93 | 94% | 2019-12-04 |
| 637. | Lennard (leoracing) | 64.91 | 96% | 2019-09-22 |
| 638. | Nikhil (nikhilaii93) | 64.89 | 96% | 2020-08-17 |
| 639. | Aman (aman416) | 64.87 | 96% | 2019-10-18 |
| 640. | cope (xucolite) | 64.87 | 94% | 2020-01-04 |
| 641. | Lone (lonefr) | 64.83 | 95% | 2020-06-25 |
| 642. | Mark (mark666) | 64.80 | 96% | 2020-10-22 |
| 643. | Sid (witcher3930) | 64.79 | 96% | 2019-11-03 |
| Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
|---|---|---|---|
| Default (English) | 1,308 | 77.42 | September 2, 2019 |
| ᗜ Stenography | 2 | 48.58 | May 27, 2023 |