When "foreign country/overseas" is mentioned in fantasy/alternate world works (especially those set in inland nations), I think "huh?"

When "foreign country/overseas" is mentioned in fantasy/alternate world works (especially those set in inland nations), I think "huh?"

ん? ってなる奴

In fantasy/otherworld works, when a foreign country is written as "overseas," it makes me think "Huh?" Some people might wonder "What does that mean? What's wrong with that?" but something about it bothers me... or rather, it catches on something. That "overseas" — what does it even mean? If a work describes a foreign country as "overseas" but then writes "they traveled to the neighboring country by carriage," I think "Huh??" If you're calling a foreign country "overseas," then "Is the neighboring country connected by land so you can go there by carriage? Is there a shallow ford that only appears at low tide? Or is this a fantasy world where there's a carriage that travels over the sea or on the ocean floor!?"

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Word List (190 words)

WordFrequencyDifficulty
450.28
210.77
172.34
海外174.19
170.41
こと141.30
140.48
外国114.10
100.54
100.86
100.48
と言う91.58
在る81.55
70.56
思う71.61
71.75
いる61.00
して61.31
表記64.22
その61.44
大陸52.89
なので52.48
島国54.64
作品53.46
である41.76
42.74
なる41.37
32.34
地続き35.21
でしょうか32.77
他国33.41
31.04
32.73
って31.78
海洋国家35.09
書く32.69
とは31.95
隣国33.75
32.85
出て来る34.09
32.04
それとも33.02
馬車32.74
国家23.34
22.57
22.65
21.95
ので21.80
どういう22.81
意味22.49
海中24.02
行ける23.40
から21.17
しまう22.03
22.74
海上24.06
21.16
無意識23.59
陸地24.35
23.06
てる21.65
では21.75
言う21.56
する21.24
なの22.22
作者23.83
称する24.68
海外留学26.04
内陸部24.96
日本23.01
でも21.70
哭く22.05
オーストラリア15.28
なんか12.48
連邦13.98
海域14.22
舎利14.04
果たす13.42
近く12.69
そうでなければ14.03
おかしい12.76
統一13.75
登場13.44
なら12.00
12.92
12.11
引っ掛かる14.14
執筆14.29
11.48
現在地14.59
感想13.18
外洋14.74
異世界12.94
ファンタジー13.68
あり12.26
場合12.60
特に12.62
頂ける13.53
認識13.06
疑問12.92
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