DUMBTH #58594 "What do we call a BABY COW?"

In my ongoing tribute to my friend STEVE ALLEN, and his book "Dumbth," continuing examples of the "dumbing down" of the culture and the language.

ATTENTION, ABC NEWS.

WHAT, IF YOU OWN A DICTIONARY, DO YOU CALL A "BABY COW?"

Would that be...CALF?

Oh, but that's SUCH a difficult WORD...

Have you noticed how often you click a link to a news story, and Get NO STORY TO READ?

Instead you get a video. A TV screen. Because in our world of DUMBTH, Internet websites figure you need to SEE and HEAR everything, and can't POSSIBLY READ.

Thank you for the DUMBTH, ABC NEWS.

A line from an Elvis Costello song:

"She said that she was working for the ABC News. It was as much of the alphabet as she knew how to use."