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I n his famous fantasy epic, The Lord of the Rings, British writer and Professor of English Language and Literature, J. R. R. Tolkien, invented the Ents: tree-like creatures who were some of the oldest beings in his fantasy world of Middle-earth. In Tolkien’s story, the Ents used a unique and ancient language to communicate with each other in a very deliberate way. Tolkien described this language as “unhasty” and “slow, sonorous, agglomerated, repetitive, indeed long-winded”. ...................................................... “. . . the intriguing idea of plants chatting with each other proved fascinating to the general public” ......................................................
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