You also have to bear in mind that Basic, demotic Huttese, and even Yuuzhan Vong, contain words with instantly recognizable roots in rl Indo-European languages... I can't think of any that are actually g-canon off the top of my head, but some of the Basic and Huttese examples are Burtt-created, and thus in the highest reaches of c-canon..
But I'll argue for nigh-anything more consistent than the steaming, stewing pile of crap dumped by WEG's Professional Idiot Brigade on us.
Yet why aren't Huttese, Ewokese, and any other language used translated along with Basic?
Pliada di am Imperium = "Plaza of the Empire" (a place on Coruscant)
Ootman = "Outlander"
Tinka = "they think"
Oh, no, but I'm, not them... all I'm saying is that, even if Basic isn't to be read as English or a daughter language thereof (when there's plenty to imply that it is), we still have to postulate an influential Indo-European language in the GFFA which has influenced Basic, Huttese and Yuuzhan Vong...
Regardless, the point is that it uses words with recognizable rl roots that are supposed to be read as words within a GFFA language... unless you want to argue that it's a very sophisticated translation, translating loanwords, in which case we're best off agreeing to disagree...
Um, I don't see how that's 'uselessly broad'; it describes ships equipped as Star Destroyers (ie equally capable of handling themselves as carriers, planetary assault ships or starfighter platforms) is scaled up (supersized?) to the scale of a Star Dreadnaught...
You're just defending this position for fun now, aren't you?
Hmm... unfortunately, it's used as a designator for the Old Republic's Cal-class and the Yuuzhan Vong Miid Ro'ik... thankfully, these both seem to be something slightly less than "pure" battleships (the Cal has a planetary-bombardment mass-driver, the Miid Ro'ik isn't such a dedicated shipkiller as the U'ro-ik V'alh)... it may have no rl parallel, but hey, it works...
Um, no, because the Home One is classed as a "Headquarters Frigate" and/or "Star Cruiser"... similarly, there are Star Dreadnaughts and Star Battlecruisers, "Warships"... even the Executor, thanks to Saxton, now enjoys an alternative designation as a "Star Dreadnaught"... which I have no problem about... as an alternative (and IMHO less appropriate) designation...
Um, not necessarily - the meaning of terms evolves... whereas the original "Star Destroyers" were Republic capital ships in the Clone Wars, with a versatile big gun/starfighter/planetary assault capability, the term has come by the time of the OT to mean primarily "large, triangular Imperial battleship"... by the NJO, the difference between a "Star Destroyer" and a cruiser is primarily one of scale, hullform, and cultural origin..
Um... so what? Home One is variously called a "Headquarters Frigate" and a "Star Cruiser", but might be best classed as a Warship... same ship; alternative designations...
Personally, I can live with "Star Dreadnaught" as an alternative, but I don't think "Super Star Destroyer" is going to go away (unless Lucas changes Ackbar's line in RotJ, in which case, canonites will implode all around the world)... and I also happen to think that it's perfectly acceptable as a term...