Researchers throughout the world seem to share a common trait of mutual disagreement. Contradictory research findings emanating from the developed world still much keep us confused about the beneficial or harmful effects of such little luxuries, convenience and necessities as coffee, tea, choclate, sugar and for that matter sweet, aspirin or certain drug. However, when it comes to "˜ghoti' researchers the worldover agree about its medicinal benefits for human body and mind. But we will come to this later.

Languages are beautiful because they let us humans, the only "˜talking beast' on the face of this earth, to communicate. Without using the faculty of speech we would have been nothing. Every single language irrespective of where it is spoken in the world is beautiful because without it no group of people; be it a nation, ethnic groups within a nation, tribe would be able to interact among itself. Languages are also the vehicles of our thought which in turn itself is the measure of our intellect, views, perceptions and overall

Languages, despite being beautiful, are also funny. For instance, the global lingua franca English is "˜accused' of being non-phonetic which simply means that you can never be sure how to pronounce a certain alphabet or worse still cannot hear an English word and be sure how to spell it. This "˜absurdity' on the part of English has been realized by some of the most outstanding writers, poets and laureates of English speaking world itself.
World renowned Irish writer and dramatist George Bernard Shaw advocated reforming English spelling to make it logical. He was reported to back up his proposal by asking the spelling of "˜fish' while offering the answer himself- "˜ghotki'. And here how he justified him spelling "˜fish' as "˜ghotki': the "˜gh' represented "˜f' as in words rough or tough, the "˜o' represented "˜i' as in "˜o' that spelled "˜i' as in word woman and "˜ti' represented "˜sh' as in word nation. Despite the fact that word "ghoti" does not even exist in English language the constructed word successfully highlighted the inconsistency and irregularities of spelling in English language. Though attributed to GBS, a biography of Shaw attributes "˜ghoti' to an anonymous spelling reformer.[ Just how "˜spelling- in consistent' English is also evident from the fact that "˜sh' sound can be spelled eleven ways - shirt, sugar, chute, action, issue, ocean, conscious, mansion, schwa, anxious, and special. It is spelled "˜ti' only when the "˜ti' comes before a vowel, as in nation and initial.

English also have many words that despite spell exactly the same are pronounced differently depending on the meaning. Called "homographs" here are some examples of these words- bow (noun: front of ship) rhymes with cow but bow (noun: fancy knot) rhymes with go; lead (verb: to guide) rhymes with feed but lead (noun: metal) rhymes with fed; wind (noun: airflow) rhymes with pinned compared to wind (verb: to turn) rhymes with find.

And then there are "˜homophones'- words that spell different but are pronounced exactly the same. Some examples are sea, see; for, four; hear, here; one, won; knight, night; him, hymn and to, too, two.Many other inconsistencies of English language could be pointed out but I prefer to now talk about a number of its "˜deficiencies', if I may, compared to Urdu the most preferred language of communication of over one-fourth population of the world in our part of the world transcending geographical barriers across such vast areas as Bhutan, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Afghanistan, Myanamar.
However, despite having 36 alphabets Urdu des not have a single alphabet to effectively pronounce English alphabet "˜V' if it comes in the middle of a word. The best example of this deficiency on the part of Urdu is English word "˜shave'- just try pronouncing the "˜v' in this word and you will understand what I mean

Meanwhile, ensure to make "˜ghoti' a regular part of your diet if you want to keep your body and mind fit.