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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Words 504
Sentences 46
Characters 958
Unique Words 190
1-Occurrence Words
118
Unique Kanji 125
1-Occurrence Kanji
73
Avg Word Difficulty 2.21
Avg Sentence Length 11.0

Word List (190 words)

WordFrequencyDifficulty
海底14.05
帝国12.71
親御さん14.79
近隣13.99
異世界12.94
刻12.65
外洋14.74
中11.86
わ12.11
等など14.32
れる11.22
でしたら13.49
当たる13.06
そりゃ13.16
なんか12.48
故に13.04
かっ13.46
若しくは13.38
国家23.34
内陸部24.96
海外留学26.04
海中24.02
行ける23.40
どういう22.81
なの22.22
322.74
言う21.56
222.65
する21.24
海上24.06
奴22.57
称する24.68
から21.17
作者23.83
陸地24.35
てる21.65
ので21.80
でも21.70
しまう22.03
だ21.16
へ21.95
哭く22.05
無意識23.59
日本23.01
島23.06
では21.75
意味22.49
それとも33.02
って31.78
隣国33.75
でしょうか32.77
外32.73
抔32.04
他32.34
地続き35.21
132.85
馬車32.74
海洋国家35.09
とは31.95
書く32.69
他国33.41
も31.04
出て来る34.09
別42.74
である41.76
なる41.37
島国54.64
大陸52.89
作品53.46
なので52.48
その61.44
いる61.00
表記64.22
して61.31
や71.75
て70.56
思う71.61
在る81.55
と言う91.58
は100.48
に100.54
で100.86
外国114.10
こと141.30
が140.48
を170.41
国172.34
海外174.19
と210.77
の450.28

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