Or is this NOT a tee shirt

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Nooooo a polo neck is a type of jumper. 😁

Polo neck could be a jumper or a long sleeve top, it just means it has the extra long neck that you can roll down and fold over itself.

Like this! https://www2.hm.com/en_gb/productpage.1173986001.html

Obviously that’s a step too far and just plain wrong!

A polo shirt is at the smarter end of the t-shirt range. A t-shirt is T shaped. A polo shirt is t shaped, so still the same letter of the alphabet.

DS2 wears polo shirts for school. DS1 wears shirts to be worn with a tie. "School shirt" would mean DS1's uniform and for laundry purposes, I'd just talk about a white wash.
DH tends to favour polo shirts as casual wear.

A sqaure is a rectangle. An oblong is a rectangle. Squares and oblongs are mutually exclusive though 😁

A polo neck is specifically a high neckline that covers the whole neck and may be a lighter top or a jumper.

The whole “t-shaped” argument falls apart when you consider that a short sleeved shirt (of the formal, tie wearing variety) is also allegedly “t-shaped”, while a long sleeved t-shirt, or worse, a sleeveless t-shirt is not remotely t-shaped at all.

That's a good point

Yes but… I don’t really care. I’m completely comfortable with my polo shirt as subset of T-shirt position and don’t feel the need to get into an argument about it either inside my home or online

Oh go on 😀 Having pointless arguments over things that don't matter is surely the purpose of the Internet.

That and pictures of cats 🐈 😻 🐈‍⬛️ 🐱 🐈

How does the whole trousers vs pants thing go in your house?

(Polo shirts are a subset of T shirts for me, distinct from shirts. T shirts you could subdivide into round necks, v necks and polos but they all live together in the T shirt drawer.)

Exactly, all debates on mumsnet are pointless, it’s what the internet is for (other than porn, and, if I’m honest I would rather bicker about shirts than watch porn!).

Lol, my first ever LTB!

Can you imagine the divorce petition? Reason for divorce - refuses to accept a polo shirt is not a polo neck 😂

Thankfully he has other redeeming qualities!

A polo shirt is a smart t-shirt. I’d call it a t-shirt.

Oh. I always assumed a button down shirt was one of those with a collar that buttons to the front of the shirt (near the shoulder blade). But I could well be wrong.

I’ve googled, and it turns out you’re right. Botton down is where the collar has little buttons, and button up is just a shirt with buttons. Still confused, let’s just blame the Americans 😂

For me there are two subsets of t-shirts - polo shirts and crew necks. So yes, it’s a T-shirt.