tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post6918703014341880272..comments2023-11-02T07:25:45.884-05:00Comments on Mormanity - a blog for those interested in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Parallels for the 2,000 Stripling Warriors in the Book of Alma: More Smoke from the Smoking Gun?Jeff Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08776493593387402607noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-63088826881474572752021-04-20T20:55:05.058-05:002021-04-20T20:55:05.058-05:00I dont have many earthly men I consider heroic.......I dont have many earthly men I consider heroic..........but you are on ma list Mr Lindsay,<br /><br />#TheChurchofJesusChrististrue!!!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13322871457703918017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-22679492388167202252013-11-18T09:09:05.958-06:002013-11-18T09:09:05.958-06:00Lewis and Clark also mention stripling warrior - a...Lewis and Clark also mention stripling warrior - a source more likely to have reflected the vocabulary of the day than Gilbert Hunt's neglected book. Jeff Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08776493593387402607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-54611511453565626902013-11-15T09:37:53.706-06:002013-11-15T09:37:53.706-06:00Using Google's Ngram I noticed that in the ear...Using <a href="https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=stripling%2Ccurious+workmanship&case_insensitive=on&year_start=1700&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t4%3B%2Cstripling%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bstripling%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BStripling%3B%2Cc0%3B.t4%3B%2Ccurious%20workmanship%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bcurious%20workmanship%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bcurious%20Workmanship%3B%2Cc0" rel="nofollow">Google's Ngram</a> I noticed that in the early 1800's "stripling" was more common than the phrase "curious workmanship" (mentioned in a previous post).<br /><br />Also interesting is the fact that there is a spike in the use of "Stripling" as opposed to "stripling" in the 1950's. I wonder if we (Mormons) had any thing to do with that.Quantumleap42https://www.blogger.com/profile/16711817313734546305noreply@blogger.com