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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 402. | ren (agauaen) | 75.19 | 96% | 2020-08-24 |
| 403. | Daniel (jorhen820) | 75.14 | 96% | 2020-03-31 |
| 404. | Markus (evanis_bad) | 75.04 | 97% | 2020-02-08 |
| 405. | Snow (snowjack) | 75.01 | 96% | 2019-12-27 |
| 406. | Michael (mercury28) | 74.99 | 96% | 2020-12-18 |
| 407. | Nick (nick1347) | 74.93 | 98% | 2020-05-07 |
| 408. | pineapples (pineapplejam) | 74.92 | 97% | 2020-10-09 |
| 409. | Dan (danomate) | 74.88 | 95% | 2019-12-04 |
| 410. | Edward (kailhreds) | 74.87 | 98% | 2019-10-13 |
| 411. | bruh_momentum (travis358) | 74.86 | 96% | 2019-10-26 |
| 412. | mart9n (mart9n) | 74.85 | 98% | 2019-10-11 |
| 413. | Manze (manze) | 74.80 | 95% | 2020-05-03 |
| 414. | Anton (racketen) | 74.79 | 98% | 2020-04-14 |
| 415. | hahnur (hahnurk) | 74.76 | 95% | 2019-12-13 |
| 416. | v (vlxu) | 74.74 | 96% | 2020-10-25 |
| 417. | Albert (aykimdds) | 74.72 | 97% | 2019-10-08 |
| 418. | mo (ceiba) | 74.71 | 98% | 2019-11-01 |
| 419. | prox (proxisos) | 74.63 | 96% | 2020-05-31 |
| 420. | Cris (criscotini) | 74.53 | 95% | 2020-04-19 |
| 421. | tonkotsu (tonkotsuramen) | 74.23 | 96% | 2020-11-25 |
| 422. | Wot (ostricheleven) | 74.22 | 96% | 2020-03-23 |
| 423. | Afanasiy (tenseimaa) | 74.19 | 96% | 2020-09-10 |
| 424. | Hajar (hajar424) | 74.19 | 97% | 2020-07-28 |
| 425. | normal (n_o_r_m_a_l) | 74.17 | 94% | 2020-02-22 |
| 426. | Andrew (drunkfromcoffee) | 74.15 | 98% | 2020-12-19 |
| 427. | Ethan (conanethan) | 74.13 | 95% | 2020-01-15 |
| 428. | Stephen (cloudmushman) | 74.13 | 96% | 2019-09-24 |
| 429. | Cornelius (salibzz) | 74.07 | 98% | 2020-03-01 |
| 430. | Mmm coffee (orchdork7926) | 74.00 | 96% | 2020-01-06 |
| 431. | China (dvorak_king) | 73.93 | 96% | 2020-05-19 |
| Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
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| Default (English) | 1,308 | 77.42 | September 2, 2019 |
| ᗜ Stenography | 2 | 48.58 | May 27, 2023 |