Or is this NOT a tee shirt

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The Polo/Tshirt ones we are talking about are rarely ever worn by everyday people outside of primary school.

Lots of adults wear polo shirts.

Surely a polo shirt falls under the umbrella of ‘tee shirt’.

I would call it a school shirt because that’s the occasion it’s worn for. Like school shoes or school trousers. I understand what you mean but I think it’s because the kids wouldn’t wear the at other times.

I’ve read the word shirt too many times and now it sounds weird.

It's a polo shirt, which is a smarter type of tee-shirt

In the UK a "shirt" is typically non-stretch, buttons down the front and usually has a collar (unless it's a grandad or mandarin type) and is the most formal.
Long sleeves more formal than short

A polo shirt is more smart than a tee-shirt because its usually less stretchy, has a couple of buttons and a collar.

T-shirt....stretch, no buttons, round or v-neck, casual

It can be a type of tee shirt but not actually a tee shirt, can't it.

(IYSWIM)

Polo shirt.

Its officially a Polo Shirt, which is slightly more formal than a T-shirt.. like my dad wouldn't have been seen dead in a t-shirt, but always wore Polo Shirts.

My Ex husband wore both, and referred to them interchangeably as t-shirts or collared t-shirts.

If you said t-shirt to me i would think more of a t-shirt than a Polo shirt. Not sure that helps any though xD

My boyfriend wears lots of polo shirts and he is not a child! It also irritates me when he calls his own polo shirts tee shirts.

I would class a polo shirt as a "smart t-shirt", the male equivalent of "a nice top".

So on a scale from casual to formal it would be T-shirt -> polo shirt -> shirt

If an occasion called for formal wear I would not consider a polo but if it was a "jeans and a nice top" type event then I'd consider a polo shirt to be an acceptable male equivalent whereas a t-shirt would feel a bit too casual.

ETA: has anyone else spent so long reading the word shirt on the thread that it's started to lose all meaning, or just me?

If you want to hear something worse, my husband calls these "polo necks".

Really (inexplicably!) winds me up!

😬😡

I’d say a polo shirt is a type of t shirt but definitely not a type of shirt.

Haha, I’m also American and my (Irish) husband calls sweatshirts sweaters which also drives me a bit nuts but yea ... that’s a polo shirt.

My DD calls her formal school shirts tee shirts, drives me mad!

I agree with you on this....he could at least say school shirts

I'm in the "It's a polo shirt, but a polo shirt is a type of T-shirt" camp

This is the most confusing post I've ever seen.

It's definitely a polo shirt I've got the very same hanging up in wardrobe.

Yeah, I did a really bad job of what I was trying to say! I've not got the brain power right now to explain what I meant.

Basically, it may be a type of tee shirt (have no idea if it officially is or not tbh), but in terms of what one can or can't wear on casual Friday, a polo shirt is often considered acceptable but a tee shirt isn't. So while it might come under that category, it also doesn't.

Something like that.

A polo shirt is not a type of t-shirt and I’m horrified by posters who think it is.

They’re all shirts. You might cluster t-shirts, polo shirts, rugby shirts (et al) together, to differentiate them from other more formal shirts, but that doesn’t make them all t-shirts any more than t-shirts can reasonably be called a collarless polo shirt.

I’m not sure why I find this so horrifying, but I don’t think I could remain in a relationship with someone who didn’t embrace the distinction. I suspect that’s not a rational standpoint though!

LTB 😉

Definitely not a t-shirt. It's a polo shirt.

@AGoodDayForSomebodyElseToDie honestly, it's good for him that this only came up after over a year together.

@TenderDandelions I quite like polo necks. That way they are unmistakable.