You must understand, young Hobbit, it takes a long time to say anything in Old Entish. And we never say anything unless it is worth taking a long time to say.
Maybe the Ents “good morning” is what the plants in Middle-Earth base their daily cycles on, so the morning greeting is hours as nature slowly wakes up to the day.
You must understand, young Hobbit, it takes a long time to say anything in Old Entish. And we never say anything unless it is worth taking a long time to say.
yet earlier he said “we’ve only finished saying good morning”, that doesn’t seem worth taking a long time for, especially hours
Maybe the Ents “good morning” is what the plants in Middle-Earth base their daily cycles on, so the morning greeting is hours as nature slowly wakes up to the day.
But I would agree y