why is a football season called a season

[Kenny]

there are four seasons in a year and fruit and veg come into and go out of season- but the football season covers about 9 months, a majority of the year, so why is it called a season?

[KABULHIBBY]

Originally Posted by Kenny

there are four seasons in a year and fruit and veg come into and go out of season- but the football season covers about 9 months, a majority of the year, so why is it called a season?

A season is just a way of describing a period of time, traditionally for football the 9 months from August to May

[Hampden_Hibby]

Originally Posted by KABULHIBBY

A season is just a way of describing a period of time, traditionally for football the 9 months from August to May

It's more than just a period of time. It's a period of time which repeats each year for the same reason hence 'season' There is a season for fishing because trout breed at the same time every year.

Any period of time which repeats each year is a season. Like the festive season.

[Kenny]

Ahh good!! the confusion for me lay in the fact the football season takes so long - in season longer than out of season..

OK why is a shy (throw in) called a shy?

and where does the word shan come from? (to be nasty towards)

[KABULHIBBY]

Originally Posted by Kenny

Ahh good!! the confusion for me lay in the fact the football season takes so long - in season longer than out of season..

OK why is a shy (throw in) called a shy?

and where does the word shan come from? (to be nasty towards)

Shy is the noun for using a swift motion to throw something

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/shy


Shan I haven't got a clue on at the moment

[Colr]

Originally Posted by KABULHIBBY

Shy is the noun for using a swift motion to throw something

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/shy


Shan I haven't got a clue on at the moment

How about Bye Kick.

I've never heard the word shy being used in England.

[jarko wiss]

Originally Posted by Colr

How about Bye Kick.

I've never heard the word shy being used in England.

I'm guessing bye kick comes from cricket. A bye being a wide delivery in cricket just as you get a bye kick in football when your opponent shots wide.

[Dub]

Originally Posted by Kenny

Ahh good!! the confusion for me lay in the fact the football season takes so long - in season longer than out of season..

OK why is a shy (throw in) called a shy?

and where does the word shan come from? (to be nasty towards)

I always thought shan meant rubbish.

"See the Yams - theyre shan"

Or it could relate to this mob below

The Shan have inhabited the Shan Plateau and other parts of modern-day Myanmar as far back as the 1200s. They are believed to have migrated from the mountains of Yunnan in China. The Shans are descendants of the oldest branch of the Tai ethnicity, known as Tai Long (Great Tai). Shan who migrated to the south and now inhabit modern-day Laos and thailand are known as Tai Noi (or Tai Nyai) while those in part northern Thailand and part of northwest laos are known as Tai Noi Little Tai.(lao spoken) [1]

The Shan kingdom of Mongnaw existed as early as the 900s, but in the 1000s, King Anawrahta of the Pagan kingdom forced the kingdom to become a vassal state. However, in 1284, the Chinese, under Kublai Khan pillaged Pagan, and the Shan gained power throughout modern-day Myanmar, expanding as far south as Mawlamyaing, as far west as Rakhine State, and as far east as Assam.[1] This rapid expansion proved to be deleterious; territories in Laos and Thailand broke off to form the kingdom of Siam and constant warfare weakened the kingdom, which ended in 1604 following the death of San Hum Hpa.[1]

The Shan States disintegrated, forming smaller semi-autonomous kingdoms in the Shan Plateau, which were conquered during the rule of Burmese king Alaungpaya. After the British conquered Burma under the rule of King Thibaw, the Shan kingdoms were transferred to British control. During colonial administration, the Shan principalities were administered as separate colonies by the British, as protectorates with limited monarchial powers given to Shan saohpas.[2]

[KABULHIBBY]

Originally Posted by Colr

How about Bye Kick.

I've never heard the word shy being used in England.

Never been to the fairs and tried the "coconut shy"

[Colr]

Originally Posted by KABULHIBBY

Never been to the fairs and tried the "coconut shy"

I meant for a throw-in at football.

[Hampden_Hibby]

I know they call it the touchline because in the early days when the ball went out of play, the first player to touch the ball got taking the throw in.

[Kenny]

Originally Posted by Hampden_Hibby

I know they call it the touchline because in the early days when the ball went out of play, the first player to touch the ball got taking the throw in.

I like that rule...no time wasting anyone with that on.

shan - I'm sure it means to be unfair/rubbish towards.

"It's shan what jade and jo did to shilpa"

[Dr Shrink]

Originally Posted by Kenny

Ahh good!! the confusion for me lay in the fact the football season takes so long - in season longer than out of season..

OK why is a shy (throw in) called a shy?

and where does the word shan come from? (to be nasty towards)

"Shy" has been cleared up.


"Shan?" ........ never heard of it. Just a recently invented bit of slang is my guess.

[willie groves]

shans been about since the seventies,''nae shan to the lads'' being the first time i heard it..i remember being confused by the meaning.

[hibadelic]

Originally Posted by willie groves

shans been about since the seventies,''nae shan to the lads'' being the first time i heard it..i remember being confused by the meaning.

Shan's been around all my lifetime. It's Edinburgh vernacular, as a verb it means cruel or can be used as just crap. Kenny's Jade/Shipa example is good, you could also say that Jade's boob job is totally shan, which it is although there are folks who think any boob job is barry.

I've no idea where it comes from but wouldn't be surprised if there were similar words in Scandinavia.

[beefy]

I actually know a dude called Shan Rab.

Drinks in the Persevere pre/post match.

Oh!! It does mean cruel by the way but Rab is a good guy

[Northern Ireland Hibby]

Originally Posted by hibadelic

Shan's been around all my lifetime. It's Edinburgh vernacular, as a verb it means cruel or can be used as just crap. Kenny's Jade/Shipa example is good, you could also say that Jade's boob job is totally shan, which it is although there are folks who think any boob job is barry.

I've no idea where it comes from but wouldn't be surprised if there were similar words in Scandinavia.

I once did a course in basic Danish (long story!) when I lived in Aberdeen and was shown that all the Aberdonian words, and a good few Scottish words, were repeated in Danish (and, presumably, similar languages).