In the book, Thanks for All the Fish the story ends with 4 of the characters finding God's last message to his creation in giant flaming letters. For some reason, these letters seem to be English.
I had long assumed that the brainwave manipulation by the Babel fish caused the user to be able to read any language as well as hear it. These letters, however, are spelled out one-by-one making it seem evident that they are what the reader understands them to be. (Note: this is via the Martin Freeman audiobook so might be different in a printed version.)
Naturally, this isn't an issue for the gang as they all (making an assumption for Marvin but he is quite clever) speak English. Nevertheless, a language understood only a tiny population of the universe would be an odd choice for the last message to all of creation.
So my question is: Is "God's Last Message to his Creation" actually written in English?
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