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If you take tree and true those two words back far enough they're related because if you're

true you're steadfast like a tree, you're mighty like a tree, you're loyal, all of that, love that.

There's also sussurus which is the beautiful word about the rustling of leaves in a summer breeze.

Yeah, trees are a big deal. So in Japan they've got Shinryunyoku, a forest bathing concept

which I think is catching on a bit over here. It's the idea of just going and immersing yourself in

nature and in German they have Wilde and Zunkite which is forest solitude which is the same idea

of standing beneath a canopy of trees. Oh and yeah they are amazing things and when I describe

German which was my first love, I always remember an obscure quote from Goethe, I think it was,

he said, the English is like a country garden, French is like an ornamental park and German is

a deep dark wood and I kind of think that's why I love it so much. I am CZDent and I am well for

British listeners, the woman in dictionary corner and for non-British listeners, I am

someone who dabbles in dictionaries. Dabbles. Well that's what Ebony's a cup and brew

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