Talk:what on Earth

what on Earth
Sum of parts: what + on Earth. -- Prince Kassad 22:24, 11 August 2010 (UTC)


 * But why Earth? I imagine that "what on Earth are you doing here?" would be equally acceptable as an exclamation of surprise if an astronaut encountered his mother on the Moon; and "what on the ground are you doing here?" is not acceptable anywhere, regardless of footing. It has something of the idiom about it. Ah, but I didn't read on Earth:. Can we redirect? Equinox ◑ 23:29, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Redirect to on Earth. DCDuring TALK 23:53, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Redirect. &#x200b;—msh210℠ (talk) 17:36, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I suppose what in God's name and what in the world (etc.) should get the same treatment. Mglovesfun (talk) 11:10, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree. &#x200b;—msh210℠ (talk) 19:02, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

Redirected to [[on Earth]]. Note: what on earth redirected to [ [what on Earth]] so had to be reredirected; I should (since there's been no debate on what on earth) have redirected [[what on earth]] to [[on Earth]] (as a "snapped" redirect), but I took the liberty of redirecting it to [[on earth]] instead. &#x200b;—msh210℠ (talk) 19:01, 13 September 2010 (UTC)