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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225. | LB (man_onatree) | 86.00 | 97% | 2020-11-19 |
226. | Beckaaa (beckaaa) | 85.94 | 97% | 2020-12-18 |
227. | DeeFly (deefly) | 85.61 | 96% | 2020-06-30 |
228. | KP (kp132124) | 85.56 | 97% | 2020-12-07 |
229. | Pedro (timboly3) | 85.24 | 96% | 2020-11-02 |
230. | Christopher (chrinaldi) | 85.21 | 96% | 2020-07-17 |
231. | Cosmic (aji3) | 84.93 | 98% | 2020-06-23 |
232. | Ruslan (ruslan_osmanov) | 84.82 | 99% | 2019-09-12 |
233. | Andrew (jakemasterbabeh) | 84.75 | 96% | 2019-11-01 |
234. | (^‿^) (markz932) | 84.57 | 97% | 2020-04-18 |
235. | (rplusseven) | 84.55 | 95% | 2020-02-05 |
236. | oztran (oztran_man) | 84.47 | 97% | 2020-11-19 |
237. | -ˏˋ 🌟 ˎˊ- (rektless) | 84.42 | 97% | 2023-09-07 |
238. | Mahmood Thompson (mat_i) | 84.31 | 98% | 2019-09-27 |
239. | Max (max424) | 84.11 | 97% | 2020-06-15 |
240. | tstats[siriusvega] (siriusv... | 84.10 | 96% | 2020-12-06 |
241. | Faldi (faldir) | 83.95 | 97% | 2019-09-27 |
242. | Nguyen (mr_invincible) | 83.95 | 97% | 2020-09-20 |
243. | ChimChimChim (chimchimchim) | 83.91 | 97% | 2019-09-09 |
244. | Ice (djsmash) | 83.89 | 98% | 2020-12-15 |
245. | Jonathan (kapple0714) | 83.84 | 97% | 2020-07-24 |
246. | Matthew (d3f1n3d) | 83.70 | 97% | 2019-11-21 |
247. | i got super slow (flareisno... | 83.66 | 95% | 2020-01-27 |
248. | Eero (e007) | 83.63 | 96% | 2020-08-01 |
249. | Guest (sebastiuon) | 83.62 | 96% | 2020-02-14 |
250. | antihd_ (antihd_) | 83.27 | 96% | 2019-10-27 |
251. | ~ (oriasine) | 82.65 | 98% | 2020-08-16 |
252. | Ethan (ethanloke) | 82.62 | 97% | 2020-06-26 |
253. | Frankly (auntybob) | 82.59 | 97% | 2020-05-07 |
254. | ndr2 (ndr2) | 82.45 | 97% | 2019-09-22 |
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 |