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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 130. | phlofy (phlofy) | 96.56 | 97% | 2020-05-13 |
| 131. | batbold (bb__) | 96.52 | 98% | 2020-02-06 |
| 132. | (10chos) | 96.30 | 99% | 2020-08-22 |
| 133. | chkhikvanormelia (chkhikvan... | 96.15 | 97.3% | 2025-03-16 |
| 134. | (bull3tf) | 96.15 | 98% | 2020-08-27 |
| 135. | (tlotus) | 96.12 | 98% | 2020-10-24 |
| 136. | napkin (call_me_napkin) | 95.92 | 96% | 2020-08-15 |
| 137. | (jycide) | 95.91 | 98% | 2020-07-31 |
| 138. | (robdougan) | 95.63 | 96% | 2020-03-19 |
| 139. | (riddlee) | 95.34 | 97% | 2019-11-27 |
| 140. | B R E N loves Mako (pugslyyy) | 95.22 | 96.3% | 2024-09-29 |
| 141. | (matinzu) | 94.96 | 98% | 2019-11-07 |
| 142. | (nikhila) | 94.64 | 98% | 2020-01-12 |
| 143. | (peaslepuff) | 94.54 | 96% | 2020-07-30 |
| 144. | Karthik (karthh) | 94.36 | 97% | 2020-02-25 |
| 145. | (flip2theleft) | 94.29 | 98% | 2020-08-01 |
| 146. | (simnetz) | 94.25 | 97% | 2020-02-14 |
| 147. | (smoothbrain) | 94.21 | 97% | 2020-07-21 |
| 148. | (qwestfinder) | 94.19 | 97% | 2019-12-31 |
| 149. | (jpavel) | 94.17 | 98% | 2020-10-26 |
| 150. | (likevin) | 93.84 | 96% | 2020-04-11 |
| 151. | (yidzky) | 93.83 | 96% | 2020-05-07 |
| 152. | (imhidayat) | 93.74 | 97% | 2020-11-06 |
| 153. | (demios) | 93.44 | 98% | 2020-10-27 |
| 154. | (riekstins) | 93.40 | 98% | 2019-09-16 |
| 155. | (saiskee) | 93.14 | 98% | 2019-09-18 |
| 156. | (whydidiregisterin2020) | 92.93 | 97% | 2020-10-21 |
| 157. | Kitty (kxkixi) | 92.91 | 97% | 2020-10-10 |
| 158. | (fracticals) | 92.89 | 99% | 2020-01-03 |
| 159. | (kristofferxdd) | 92.88 | 97% | 2020-10-08 |
| Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
|---|---|---|---|
| Default (English) | 1,308 | 77.42 | September 2, 2019 |
| ᗜ Stenography | 2 | 48.58 | May 27, 2023 |