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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697. | Andy (just4andy) | 61.38 | 96% | 2020-01-10 |
698. | Jeff (jeffvu) | 61.30 | 95% | 2020-12-13 |
699. | Anshorullah (imugetsu6) | 61.30 | 96% | 2020-10-30 |
700. | Harley (senpaislinky) | 61.28 | 95% | 2020-08-23 |
701. | imnotanygood (handicaped) | 61.22 | 94% | 2019-10-13 |
702. | Verkku (verkku) | 61.16 | 97% | 2019-09-22 |
703. | Ramsey (tackheads) | 61.08 | 95% | 2020-11-28 |
704. | Glerou (tudesci) | 60.99 | 97% | 2020-10-20 |
705. | Benay (benay127) | 60.92 | 95% | 2020-03-03 |
706. | A (sd_era) | 60.90 | 95% | 2019-12-30 |
707. | Ohm (ohmstar123) | 60.89 | 97% | 2020-12-17 |
708. | Rex_Saltus (rex_saltus) | 60.87 | 96% | 2020-10-27 |
709. | Lasi (lasileuka) | 60.85 | 96% | 2019-09-24 |
710. | Will (qualiaqq) | 60.79 | 96% | 2019-11-27 |
711. | Aleks (aleks8) | 60.76 | 97% | 2020-03-08 |
712. | ibrahim (xibmx) | 60.73 | 94% | 2020-01-31 |
713. | kikko (asmarite) | 60.72 | 95% | 2020-03-18 |
714. | Angel (angtheavatar) | 60.70 | 97% | 2020-01-02 |
715. | Awolino (awolino) | 60.69 | 95% | 2020-02-21 |
716. | Mikel (meekay) | 60.66 | 95% | 2019-09-14 |
717. | mayimbe (mayimbe194) | 60.64 | 97% | 2020-03-18 |
718. | Anders (andersg1) | 60.58 | 95% | 2020-11-22 |
719. | 🤓 (unicorn101010) | 60.53 | 95% | 2019-12-30 |
720. | Nasir (nasirkabir) | 60.49 | 97% | 2019-10-16 |
721. | Syed (syed19805) | 60.44 | 97% | 2020-09-06 |
722. | Addison (thatricefarmer) | 60.41 | 95% | 2020-03-02 |
723. | Joshua (hail_hydra) | 60.35 | 95% | 2019-11-22 |
724. | dani (danisirico) | 60.29 | 96% | 2020-06-12 |
725. | Ronik (rawnixxx) | 60.29 | 98% | 2020-03-18 |
726. | adam (n0tracist) | 60.23 | 94% | 2020-08-21 |
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 |