View Pit Stop page for race #13243 by mrprx — Ghost race
| Official speed | 75.42 wpm (89.42 seconds elapsed during race) |
|---|---|
| Race Start | March 26, 2020 5:01:07pm UTC |
| Race Finish | March 26, 2020 5:02:36pm UTC |
| Outcome | No win (3 of 4) |
| Opponents |
1. need4speed402 (87.25 wpm) 2. sdw199 (76.25 wpm) |
| Accuracy | 96.0% |
| Points | 121.93 |
| Text | #4180451 (Length: 562 characters) 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. |