Real names tell you the story of the things they belong to in my language, in the Old Entish as you might say. It is a lovely language, but it takes a very long time to say anything in it, because we do not say anything in it unless it is worth taking a long time to say, and to listen to.

– Treebeard

Where Merry and Pippen encounter Treebeard.

Fascinating idea from Tolkien.

What if all languages took such a long time to say anything, that we had to only say things worth saying. 🙂