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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 165. | Dvorak (dvorakalt) | 92.86 | 98% | 2020-12-03 |
| 166. | SCM (smusson) | 92.86 | 97% | 2019-11-13 |
| 167. | Duy (anthonytom) | 92.83 | 98% | 2020-04-11 |
| 168. | L (xice) | 92.80 | 96% | 2019-09-08 |
| 169. | dankmemes (dankmemerz) | 92.52 | 98% | 2019-11-04 |
| 170. | nick (nickshields) | 92.11 | 96% | 2020-03-18 |
| 171. | Jqmfg (jqmfg) | 92.04 | 96% | 2020-04-05 |
| 172. | Kaitlyn (kaitlyntarr) | 92.01 | 98% | 2019-10-03 |
| 173. | Yelxuh (yelxuh) | 91.98 | 96% | 2020-04-17 |
| 174. | Ivan (ichauster) | 91.85 | 97% | 2020-12-14 |
| 175. | Ethan (ehtan_the_blecko) | 91.85 | 97% | 2020-01-01 |
| 176. | ratbastard (mattbierwirth) | 91.83 | 97% | 2019-09-03 |
| 177. | wheeeeeee (limtutu) | 91.81 | 96% | 2019-10-25 |
| 178. | Cuna (cuna_) | 91.50 | 95% | 2019-12-08 |
| 179. | Gabe (derumisis) | 91.50 | 96% | 2019-12-19 |
| 180. | R (rhinousc) | 91.10 | 99% | 2019-11-29 |
| 181. | twitch.tv/CGreyIce (imslow10) | 91.00 | 97% | 2020-05-14 |
| 182. | Sophie (sdw199) | 90.91 | 97% | 2020-04-06 |
| 183. | anT (gregorpingic) | 90.80 | 99% | 2020-04-05 |
| 184. | anguelo (anguelo) | 90.55 | 98% | 2020-11-17 |
| 185. | Sophia (sophhjlee) | 90.47 | 96% | 2019-10-22 |
| 186. | Darko (darkec) | 90.44 | 97% | 2020-09-09 |
| 187. | ansix2 (sworn) | 90.41 | 96% | 2020-03-18 |
| 188. | Pinolicious (pinolicious) | 90.27 | 98% | 2019-10-13 |
| 189. | Finn (omnicat) | 90.23 | 97% | 2020-12-10 |
| 190. | John (thugger) | 90.11 | 97% | 2019-12-05 |
| 191. | dva main (thedragonemperor) | 90.02 | 97% | 2020-01-15 |
| 192. | Nam (nam_r) | 90.01 | 97% | 2020-11-11 |
| 193. | Baked and Buttered (mcallen... | 89.89 | 96% | 2020-10-11 |
| 194. | :) (bavadin) | 89.88 | 96% | 2020-01-13 |
| Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
|---|---|---|---|
| Default (English) | 1,308 | 77.42 | September 2, 2019 |
| ᗜ Stenography | 2 | 48.58 | May 27, 2023 |