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.
| Game | Time | WPM | Accuracy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 239269 | 2022-10-31 21:19:16 | 101.63 | 96.9% |
| 166328 | 2021-06-24 01:15:33 | 122.46 | 98.6% |
| 166327 | 2021-06-24 01:11:06 | 113.41 | 97.7% |
| 166326 | 2021-06-24 01:08:41 | 110.34 | 97.7% |
| 166325 | 2021-06-24 01:01:04 | 109.93 | 98.3% |
| 166324 | 2021-06-24 00:51:30 | 97.17 | 97.6% |
| 29728 | 2020-01-01 23:26:35 | 92.35 | 97% |
| 19876 | 2019-09-12 21:46:38 | 109.00 | 98.8% |
| 19875 | 2019-09-12 21:44:34 | 98.69 | 97.3% |
| 19574 | 2019-09-03 02:59:05 | 94.62 | 96.2% |
| 19573 | 2019-09-03 02:57:20 | 83.06 | 96.8% |