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Posted: July 01 2005, 21:12

I searched on dictionary.com and I read it meant "Queen Elisabeth II" :laugh:

My English is not too good so can anyone tell me what's the real meaning of QE2? Chemical stuff?

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Posted: July 01 2005, 22:27

It's indeed Queen Elizabeth 2 but the ship with that name. On the cover you can see a near picture of its broadside.

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Posted: July 21 2005, 07:33

As piece of trivia, the ship is actually named in the honour of the ocean liner Queen Elizabeth, not the monarch Queen Elizabeth II. Hence the name of the ship is written with an arabic "2" rather than the roman "II".

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Posted: Aug. 04 2005, 17:20

Here is the official page for the QE2

http://www.cunard.com/OnBoard/default.asp?OB=QE2

I'll buy half a dozen please

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Posted: Oct. 22 2005, 05:52

OK we all guess the QE 2 is related to the Ocean Liner
but if you listen to Some of the Tks like Mirage 4-40 on
QE2 etc the album sort of conveys a Elizibethan Tudor
Folky Atmosphere that I reckon is the other reason it
got that Title !!

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Posted: Oct. 22 2005, 08:38

QE2 the track has the sound of a grand and collosal ship leaving shore very slowly and setting out for the ocean, then picking up steam when it is out of the harbour and revving the engines (3:30-4:00). There is a horn sound that is very much like the massive horn a ship employs. It's a brilliant piece.

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