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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WordFrequencyDifficulty
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海底14.05
お手柔らかに14.81
のでは12.62
ちょっと12.29
のに12.21
12.13
向こう12.90
ここ12.11
んん13.70
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キャラ13.48
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11.29
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さん11.77
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下さい12.34
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執筆14.29
向かう12.31
場合12.60
11.64
ます12.81
うっかりミス15.57
には11.57
親御さん14.79
らしい12.54
あり12.26
ω14.11
11.96
11.71
事になる12.71
現在地14.59
11.48
そりゃ13.16
滅茶苦茶13.68
オーストラリア15.28
だよね13.23
感想13.18
有り難うございました13.41
12.09
インドネシア16.07
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育ち14.01
11.46
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登場13.44
設定13.32
のだ11.65
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当たる13.06
心配12.58
外洋14.74
と言うか12.68
果たす13.42
刷り込み15.02
等など14.32
特に12.62
イギリス14.25
気になる13.19
14.08
故に13.04
引っ掛かる14.14
言葉11.96
反対13.40
かっ13.46
参賀12.47
そうでなければ14.03
帝国12.71
ながら11.91
れる11.22
近く12.69
なんか12.48
ない11.61
フィリピン15.33
現れる12.76
ですか12.36
12.65
12.92
11.86
なら12.00
ハードル14.33
走る12.77
ライフ14.24
12.64
どれか14.37
13.65
Σ15.11

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