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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1010. | nutmeg (jv13) | 45.38 | 95% | 2020-10-15 |
| 1011. | Andrew (abreeson) | 45.38 | 95% | 2019-10-15 |
| 1012. | ALED (elassyo) | 45.32 | 96% | 2019-11-18 |
| 1013. | Dan (galactusx) | 45.31 | 96% | 2020-11-04 |
| 1014. | Muhammed Murad (mkmusafir) | 45.08 | 96% | 2020-04-13 |
| 1015. | Flexy (djfklsdaf) | 45.08 | 96% | 2020-07-06 |
| 1016. | Anand 🇳🇵 (anand_from_... | 44.90 | 96% | 2019-10-07 |
| 1017. | Ricci (richi_milosch) | 44.59 | 98% | 2020-09-12 |
| 1018. | UpATree (upatree) | 44.53 | 93% | 2020-02-08 |
| 1019. | اعجاذ Øسين (s183ds... | 44.21 | 97% | 2020-02-21 |
| 1020. | Kelli (psychpatient27) | 44.17 | 97% | 2019-11-08 |
| 1021. | tstats[pkmkb] (pkmkb) | 44.10 | 95% | 2020-11-24 |
| 1022. | Heatseeking (livingsun) | 43.97 | 94% | 2020-12-03 |
| 1023. | rialagma (rialagma) | 43.86 | 95% | 2020-05-27 |
| 1024. | Soul (soulsforsweet) | 43.67 | 93% | 2019-11-03 |
| 1025. | Racer 1 (hennie) | 43.57 | 94% | 2020-09-04 |
| 1026. | dom (domdomb) | 43.25 | 93% | 2019-11-18 |
| 1027. | garry (ganesh1998) | 42.39 | 95% | 2019-10-29 |
| 1028. | mag (mag255) | 42.32 | 94% | 2020-02-13 |
| 1029. | Bennett (bnnttnwhk) | 41.57 | 95% | 2019-12-08 |
| 1030. | Angel (ninjasneak543) | 41.50 | 94% | 2020-10-13 |
| 1031. | Big (jmaya651) | 40.82 | 95% | 2019-09-08 |
| 1032. | John (extreming123) | 40.78 | 95% | 2019-12-11 |
| 1033. | Anastasya (athh97) | 40.75 | 95% | 2020-03-31 |
| 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 |