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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有り難うございました13.41
心配12.58
帝国12.71
参賀12.47
異世界12.94
何12.09
海底14.05
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系12.92
としたら13.18
道12.74
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隣12.64
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れる11.22
丈11.71
滅茶苦茶13.68
オーストラリア15.28
んん13.70
外に12.98
方11.96
対岸14.50
板11.29
外洋14.74
ん12.09
インドネシア16.07
そうでなければ14.03
刷り込み15.02
お手柔らかに14.81
ファンタジー13.68
沖13.65
設定13.32
のだ11.65
海12.90
イギリス14.25
とか12.08
には11.57
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よ11.48
頂ける13.53
ます12.81
言い出す13.62
近く12.69
ここ12.11
登場13.44
認識13.06
特に12.62
どれか14.37
お願いします13.20
果たす13.42
言葉11.96
統一13.75
反対13.40
場合12.60
干潮15.99
ω14.11
なんか12.48
のでは12.62
んです12.32
沿岸14.64
そりゃ13.16
キャラ13.48
刻12.65
ない11.61
遠浅15.52
近隣13.99
善い15.20
故13.17
執筆14.29
ライフ14.24
ね11.64
らしい12.54
感想13.18
走る12.77
さん11.77
おかしい12.76
引っ掛かる14.14
フィリピン15.33
なら12.00
育ち14.01
読む12.89
ながら11.91
あり12.26
ですか12.36
若しくは13.38
前12.31
と言うか12.68
高13.14
故に13.04

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