Kooky or not, there's things to recommend it regardless of the validity of the claim. On the one hand, skilled pastiche work; on the other, quantum physicists of the "many worlds" hypothesis got a boost, no?
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll