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 |
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511. | Manoz (clawsofeagle) | 69.51 | 96% | 2019-11-27 |
512. | qtq🐇🍊🍰 (qtqtq) | 69.48 | 98% | 2019-11-06 |
513. | ℱ𝔯𝔢𝔢𝔡𝔬𝔪... | 69.42 | 96% | 2019-09-22 |
514. | jonica (jonicailagan) | 69.41 | 97% | 2020-12-18 |
515. | Daniel (dring157) | 69.40 | 97% | 2020-02-04 |
516. | Desuc (angzhiwei) | 69.36 | 97% | 2019-11-25 |
517. | Tyler (beaverbiskit) | 69.34 | 95% | 2020-01-06 |
518. | Dog (flash2victory) | 69.22 | 97% | 2020-08-23 |
519. | Gruffydd (gruffydd) | 69.19 | 97% | 2019-09-07 |
520. | Shaobo (naruth_nova) | 69.11 | 97% | 2019-11-06 |
521. | penda (penda111) | 69.05 | 95% | 2019-12-19 |
522. | mistirri (mistirri) | 68.97 | 96% | 2020-02-22 |
523. | Martin (martinkozle) | 68.89 | 97% | 2020-02-18 |
524. | Andrej (apalias) | 68.83 | 97% | 2020-09-27 |
525. | Ryan (rinselmann) | 68.81 | 96% | 2019-11-18 |
526. | starguything (starguything) | 68.78 | 94% | 2019-12-21 |
527. | joe (lerler246) | 68.73 | 96% | 2019-11-26 |
528. | Isaac (dolemitesundae) | 68.73 | 97% | 2020-06-22 |
529. | Big Tuna (dominicgangx) | 68.68 | 94% | 2019-10-13 |
530. | ItsTurbo (itsturbo) | 68.67 | 96% | 2020-01-28 |
531. | Gabriel (gazari) | 68.64 | 96% | 2019-11-19 |
532. | Gegug (gegug) | 68.63 | 96% | 2020-07-21 |
533. | Rancro (rancro) | 68.62 | 96% | 2020-07-05 |
534. | Edvard (maosk) | 68.57 | 97% | 2020-02-28 |
535. | Penguin (algebromaths) | 68.56 | 95% | 2020-05-12 |
536. | Anmol (anmolsaraswat) | 68.53 | 95% | 2020-01-14 |
537. | qiTsuk (qitsuk) | 68.52 | 96% | 2020-09-29 |
538. | Momo (ttreats) | 68.51 | 96% | 2020-12-01 |
539. | + (hollin) | 68.43 | 97% | 2020-08-16 |
540. | T (omega5002) | 68.43 | 94% | 2020-03-11 |
Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
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Default (English) | 1,218 | 77.00 | September 2, 2019 |
ᗜ Stenography | 1 | 55.97 | May 27, 2023 |