Talk:wool

Isn't the hair of the sheep itself called wool too? Polyglot 05:42 Jun 18, 2003 (UTC)
 * I'd say so. Bluelion 05:46 Jun 18, 2003 (UTC)

wool
Rfv-sense: Adjective. Is this actually an adjective (like ) or simply attributive use of the noun? --EncycloPetey (talk) 07:00, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
 * How the hell can you tell? —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 07:47, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
 * My assumption would be that if we can find no differences from attributive use, then it's merely a noun. Like you, I have no clue how we'd go about looking for such a thing in this instance, but someone else may have an epiphany. --EncycloPetey (talk) 07:54, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
 * English_adjectives suggests that "plastic" (made of the material) is not a true adjective, but our entry has it. Equinox ◑ 07:52, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
 * That doesn't mean that we should have it, however, but thanks for providing some broadening information. --EncycloPetey (talk) 07:54, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
 * ... and the plastic example differs because there really is an adjective "plastic" with a different meaning.   D b f  i  r  s   10:36, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Comparative and graded use would be the only was to tell, I think. DCDuring TALK 00:36, 2 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Failed DCDuring TALK 00:41, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

Derogatory Scouser sense
I watched the recent TV series ‘Life’, set in a fictional Liverpool prison, and Sean Bean’s character, who speaks in Sean’s natural Yorkshire accent, gets called a ‘wool’ by a Scouse prisoner. As Yorkshire isn’t in the immediate vicinity of Liverpool, perhaps we’ve excessively limited the definition here? Could ‘wool’ or ‘woolyback’ be used more generally to describe someone from outside Liverpool, rather than just nearby parts of Lancashire, Cheshire and Merseyside (or has the screenwriter got this wrong)?Overlordnat1 (talk) 00:42, 9 July 2021 (UTC)