What is "the shorts"

Short \Short\, n.

1. A summary account.

   The short and the long is, our play is preferred.
   --Shak.

2. pl. The part of milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran.

   The first remove above bran is shorts.
   --Halliwell.

3. pl. Short, inferior hemp.

4. pl. Breeches; shortclothes. [Slang]
   --Dickens.

5. (Phonetics) A short sound, syllable, or vowel.

   If we compare the nearest conventional shorts and longs in English, as in ``bit'' and ``beat,'' ``not'' and ``naught,'' we find that the short vowels are generally wide, the long narrow, besides being generally diphthongic as well. Hence, originally short vowels can be lengthened and yet kept quite distinct from the original longs.
   --H. Sweet.

   In short, in few words; in brief; briefly.

   The long and the short, the whole; a brief summing up.

   The shorts (Stock Exchange), those who are unsupplied with stocks which they contracted to deliver.

The Shorts were a pop group from the Netherlands consisting of Hans van Vondelen (vocals), Erik de Wildt (keyboard), Hans Stokkermans (bass guitar) and Peter Wezenbeek (drums). The group was formed in 1976, and scored a 1983 international hit with " Comment ça va". Last "recorded" appearance in from Sopot Festival 1984.

Discography is presenting 1 LP and 11 Singles & EP discs.

LP was made by EMI-Bovema Holland. "Shorts, The – Comment Ça Va", genre:Pop, style:Chanson, Europop, Year:1983.

Track list

1. Comment Ça Va 3:30
2. One Pair 3:24
3. Een Beetje Vuur 3:41
4. Ik Zing 3:55
5. Springtime 2:37
6. I'm A Musician 4:42
7. Je Suis, Tu Es 3:35
8. Subway Love 4:15
9. I'm Saving 3:25
10. Annabelle 3:46
11. Goodbye, Don't Cry 4:21

March 2013 updates: Hans van Vondelen owns Fendal Sound Studios. Peter Wezenbeek is an owner of J.P. Audio Visueel BV and Droomtent recording studio. Hans Stokkermans is a detective and continues intensively playing as a musician on bass guitar. Erik de Wildt's owns a drug store.

The Shorts is an Australian Turf Club Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race for horses three years old and older, at set weights with penalties, over a distance of 1100 metres. It is held annually at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia in September. Total prize money for the race is A$200,000.