Editing Queen Elizabeth 2 (section)

====Form of name====
[[File:QE2 stern 15 October 2008.jpg|thumb|''QE2'' stern name, October 2008]]
[[File:QE2 bow 15 October 2008.jpg|thumb|''QE2'' bow name, October 2008]]
The name of the liner as it appears on the bow and stern is ''Queen Elizabeth 2'', with upper- and lower-case lettering and an [[Arabic numeral]] 2 as opposed to the [[Roman numeral]] II, distinguishing her from the monarch, [[Elizabeth II]]; it is commonly pronounced in speech as ''Queen Elizabeth Two''.<ref name="UGArchiveShip736">
{{cite web
 | url = https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/archivespecialcollections/digitisedcollections/qe2/shipnumber736/
 | title = Ship number 736
 | first = Neil |last=Leitch
 | access-date =14 November 2008
| website = Queen Elizabeth Two (QE2) 40 years on
 | publisher = University of Glasgow, Archive Services exhibitions
 | quote = The name of the ship was kept secret and as the day of the launch approached ... Queen Elizabeth stepped forward and named the ship, ''Queen Elizabeth the Second'', being the second ship called ''Queen Elizabeth'' ... As Roman numerals are always used for monarchs, the Arabic numeral 2 is used in the ship's name to distinguish her from the monarch, and she has always been referred to as, ''Queen Elizabeth Two'', or most often as the QE2
}}
</ref> Soon after launching, the name was shortened in common use as ''QE2''.<ref name="ShipsandCruiseQE2Birthday"/>