xkcd: Fridge Logic

[robkelk]

At least, I think http://xkcd.com/890/]this is an example of what TVTropes calls "Fridge Logic":



(Would somebody who has a TVTropes account like to suggest this as an appropriate image for that page, by any chance?)
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[Black Aeronaut]

Fridge logic response: But with all the other languages and cultures, why bother asking? Just another strange name.

[Norgarth]

Besides, they wouldn't really be speaking 'English' anyways, so 'Millenium Falcon' is just a rough translation anyways.   8P
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[robkelk]

Besides, they wouldn't really be speaking 'English' anyways, so 'Millenium Falcon' is just a rough translation anyways.   8P

Every other Star Wars animal got a non-Terran name...
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[TheTwisted1]

As I see it, a more on-point TV Trope for this is Orphaned Etymology.

--The Twisted One
"If you
wish to converse with me, define your
terms."

--Voltaire