LostinthePond.

I just discovered LostinthePond, self-described thus: In 2008, Laurence Brown was swept to America by the fickle hand of fate (and marriage), which means he’s now lived in the U.S. longer than O.J. Simpson has served jail time. And so, because it seemed like a good idea at the time, he figured I’d document the whole thing on social media (not the O.J. part), which is where Lost in the Pond comes in. The title “Lost in the Pond” refers to those things that were lost in translation between Laurence’s move from England to the USA. “The Pond” is just another way of referring to the Atlantic. Partly on the strength of certain wildly popular videos, Lost in the Pond has grown significantly since the days when only Laurence’s mum watched. I learned about it by watching his video What Most Brits Don’t Realize About American Accents (14:10; warning: a couple of those minutes are taken up by ads, which you can of course mute or skip). He covers all sorts of topics, including the Bakersfield…

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