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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 795. | Luis (regneva17) | 58.62 | 94% | 2019-09-13 |
| 796. | Styles (cmstly) | 58.60 | 96% | 2020-03-17 |
| 797. | Hieu (txhieu) | 58.59 | 97% | 2019-11-01 |
| 798. | Carson (carsonalh) | 58.51 | 98% | 2020-07-02 |
| 799. | Song (quot) | 58.44 | 96% | 2020-01-24 |
| 800. | Michael (tigerdriger) | 58.41 | 97% | 2020-03-24 |
| 801. | Richard (jorimi) | 58.37 | 95% | 2020-03-06 |
| 802. | (aninactive) | 58.23 | 95% | 2020-08-03 |
| 803. | xd (palmate) | 58.22 | 96% | 2020-04-02 |
| 804. | Ahmad Gamal (agazzaz) | 58.20 | 98% | 2020-01-13 |
| 805. | Hogenix (hogenix) | 58.17 | 96% | 2020-04-01 |
| 806. | Eugene (rawners) | 58.16 | 96% | 2020-03-24 |
| 807. | Schnitzel (cthulhuai) | 58.13 | 93% | 2019-12-02 |
| 808. | Niklas (exergy) | 58.13 | 96% | 2019-09-03 |
| 809. | skywalker123 (skywalker123) | 58.12 | 95% | 2020-09-25 |
| 810. | Emdadul (emdad439) | 58.03 | 97% | 2019-11-05 |
| 811. | Hellow (hellowi_99) | 58.02 | 97% | 2020-03-12 |
| 812. | Magishian (magishian) | 57.97 | 99% | 2020-09-06 |
| 813. | Pragyan (swordfish999) | 57.87 | 95% | 2020-10-24 |
| 814. | Sujin (sujexplorer) | 57.81 | 94% | 2020-02-13 |
| 815. | Mich (michdaevinci) | 57.77 | 96% | 2020-08-03 |
| 816. | Eoin (eoing) | 57.71 | 95% | 2020-12-01 |
| 817. | Vaibhav (vibhix) | 57.67 | 96% | 2019-12-31 |
| 818. | sean (tak32) | 57.64 | 95% | 2020-06-29 |
| 819. | anime (amweeb) | 57.54 | 97% | 2020-02-18 |
| 820. | Nedim (aekotenebri) | 57.52 | 94% | 2019-12-06 |
| 821. | Ngoc (maxq42) | 57.50 | 95% | 2020-07-15 |
| 822. | sonny (sonnysixteen) | 57.50 | 98% | 2019-09-15 |
| 823. | M (mostafam) | 57.38 | 97% | 2020-09-26 |
| 824. | joseph (cranetao) | 57.37 | 92% | 2019-10-06 |
| Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
|---|---|---|---|
| Default (English) | 1,308 | 77.42 | September 2, 2019 |
| ᗜ Stenography | 2 | 48.58 | May 27, 2023 |