Question: Is the phrase "a mock and a bye-word among all nations" in Gilbert Hunt's ''The Late War'' a "rare phrase"?

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Question: Is the phrase "a mock and a bye-word among all nations" a "rare phrase"?

Chris Johnson, Duane Johnson, ""A Comparison of The Book of Mormon and The Late War Between the United States and Great Britain," http://wordtreefoundation.github.io/thelatewar/

In order to make this phrase "rare," the critics note that "mock" is synonymous with "hiss"

• The Late War 2:9: "a mock and a bye-word among all nations"
• Book of Mormon 1 Nephi 19:14: "a hiss and a by-word, and be hated among all nations"

The core phrase "a byword, among all nations" is not rare

• Deuteronomy 28:37: "a byword, among all nations"
• 2 Chronicles 7:20: "a byword among all nations"

If we expand the definition, as the critics did, to include synonymous words "nations," "heathen," and "people"

• Psalms 44:14: "a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people"
• Job 17:6: "a byword of the people"
• 1 Kings 9:7: "a byword among all people"

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