Thread: It ain't Smokey "the" Bear and it ain't "the" Earth!!
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Old April 24th 08, 02:09 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
Bert Hyman
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Default It ain't Smokey "the" Bear and it ain't "the" Earth!!
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"Martin R. Howell" wrote:

What do you people think of this little point? I always thought that
our planet is named simply, "Earth."

I recall a SciFi story from my youth which included a comment (vaguely
recalled) from some alien:

"A strange people; they call their planet Dirt."

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Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN