# Do other languages call Earth earth (non-answer) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [February 15, 2018, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-languages-call-earth-earth-non-answer/808858 "2018-02-15T03:54:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![John\_W.Kennedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_w.kennedy/32/1031_2.png) [@John\_W.Kennedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_W.Kennedy)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2018, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-languages-call-earth-earth-non-answer/808858/21 "2018-02-23T05:36:47Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Four of the seven: Mercury, Venus, Luna, and Mars. Jupiter and Saturn are a very different sort of object, in many ways more like Sol than like Earth. Yes, but that did not become clear until long after “other worlds” had become thinkable. ---
**Author:** ![Steken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Steken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steken)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2018, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-languages-call-earth-earth-non-answer/808858/22 "2018-02-24T07:52:40Z")
Just popping my head in to say that the Swedish version is wrong. “Mull” means soil, not Earth. “Världen” means “the world.” What you want is “jorden,” which means both “the Earth” and “the earth/soil/dirt.” ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2018, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-languages-call-earth-earth-non-answer/808858/23 "2018-02-26T22:47:05Z")
Which just demonstrates the problem with the column’s approach to the answer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-languages-call-earth-earth-non-answer/808858.md?page=1)