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
170.41
海外174.19
こと141.30
140.48
外国114.10
100.86
100.48
100.54
と言う91.58
在る81.55
70.56
71.75
思う71.61
表記64.22
いる61.00
して61.31
その61.44
島国54.64
なので52.48
大陸52.89
作品53.46
である41.76
42.74
なる41.37
地続き35.21
32.04
32.34
他国33.41
32.85
書く32.69
出て来る34.09
とは31.95
隣国33.75
それとも33.02
でしょうか32.77
馬車32.74
海洋国家35.09
32.73
って31.78
31.04
22.57
から21.17
海上24.06
陸地24.35
22.74
無意識23.59
行ける23.40
哭く22.05
意味22.49
内陸部24.96
言う21.56
22.65
しまう22.03
21.16
海中24.02
てる21.65
なの22.22
23.06
作者23.83
海外留学26.04
国家23.34
どういう22.81
日本23.01
では21.75
ので21.80
する21.24
21.95
称する24.68
でも21.70
ここ12.11
滅茶苦茶13.68
13.17
気になる13.19
執筆14.29
13.65
言い出す13.62
フィリピン15.33
引っ掛かる14.14
ライフ14.24
なんか12.48
だよね13.23
育ち14.01
12.92
若しくは13.38
キャラ13.48
海域14.22
のだ11.65
読む12.89
かっ13.46
のでは12.62
11.48
11.96
反対13.40
おかしい12.76
疑問12.92
11.46
統一13.75
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