View Pit Stop page for race #370 by valzor — Ghost race
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| Official speed | 98.33 wpm (68.59 seconds elapsed during race) |
|---|---|
| Race Start | December 9, 2020 11:59:03am UTC |
| Race Finish | December 9, 2020 12:00:12pm UTC |
| Outcome | Win (1 of 2) |
| Accuracy | 97.0% |
| Points | 158.97 |
| 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. |