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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 634. | Stanislav (stanmkh) | 65.27 | 97% | 2020-01-29 |
| 635. | Fabrizio (fab_) | 65.23 | 95% | 2020-10-10 |
| 636. | Gen (genthethief) | 65.16 | 95% | 2020-08-23 |
| 637. | ToTo (complexion) | 65.14 | 98% | 2020-12-02 |
| 638. | dysprosium (dyspr0sium) | 65.14 | 95% | 2019-11-19 |
| 639. | Kushal (kushaltrivedi5) | 65.08 | 93% | 2020-01-14 |
| 640. | Kyu (kyuche) | 65.05 | 96% | 2019-10-16 |
| 641. | Humble (sanguisdraco) | 65.05 | 98% | 2019-09-02 |
| 642. | Maciej (thasobot) | 64.98 | 98% | 2019-11-13 |
| 643. | T (talbi) | 64.93 | 94% | 2019-12-04 |
| 644. | Lennard (leoracing) | 64.91 | 96% | 2019-09-22 |
| 645. | Nikhil (nikhilaii93) | 64.89 | 96% | 2020-08-17 |
| 646. | Aman (aman416) | 64.87 | 96% | 2019-10-18 |
| 647. | cope (xucolite) | 64.87 | 94% | 2020-01-04 |
| 648. | Lone (lonefr) | 64.83 | 95% | 2020-06-25 |
| 649. | Mark (mark666) | 64.80 | 96% | 2020-10-22 |
| 650. | Sid (witcher3930) | 64.79 | 96% | 2019-11-03 |
| 651. | Inderpreet (indergnps) | 64.78 | 97% | 2019-09-23 |
| 652. | Vams (vams413) | 64.78 | 97% | 2019-12-29 |
| 653. | flybot (flybot) | 64.74 | 96% | 2019-09-24 |
| 654. | Cat (theveryboredcat) | 64.71 | 97% | 2020-11-24 |
| 655. | Muhammad (wabi_sabi) | 64.69 | 96% | 2020-08-23 |
| 656. | twoheadedboy (grapes_2005) | 64.60 | 98% | 2020-10-07 |
| 657. | mv0 (the_oko) | 64.50 | 96% | 2020-04-05 |
| 658. | Stas (tracersm) | 64.49 | 98% | 2019-09-27 |
| 659. | Pasindu (alphawolf962) | 64.42 | 96% | 2020-07-06 |
| 660. | w (wisatong) | 64.41 | 96% | 2020-04-06 |
| 661. | Shifu (shifuda) | 64.37 | 99% | 2020-04-10 |
| 662. | Mechanical (kheeze) | 64.27 | 97% | 2020-09-07 |
| 663. | Order (orderadchaos) | 64.25 | 95% | 2019-12-29 |
| Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
|---|---|---|---|
| Default (English) | 1,308 | 77.42 | September 2, 2019 |
| ᗜ Stenography | 2 | 48.58 | May 27, 2023 |