Remembering Laoshu, the Polyglot Who Inspired Millions

Moses McCormick (AKA Laoshu) was one of the greatest polyglots who ever lived. He was not only known for his tremendous skill with languages, but also for his compassion and humility. He was one of my biggest inspirations for making content and learning languages in general and I feel so blessed to have had the opportunity to laugh and learn languages alongside him.
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[@ColeLangs]

R.I.P Legend 🙏

[@Misterstinkfinger]

Thanks for this. I appreciate the respect paid to this legend and his brand of Embrace'ism (word I made up just for what Laushu did, feel free to use it) It's nice to see other Poly's that pay respect to what he did opposed to other's that tried to make a video claiming he was a fake like Oriental Pearl and Matt vs Japan tried to intimate in a past video. Respect!

[@elgriego74]

Laoshu(Moses) was a sweetheart. The kindest person and the first polyglot I have ever followed! Good for you Cole for remembering him!

[@muhhlagg2370]

Noooo how have I just found he has passed his laugh was sooooo reallll

[@eolsunder]

yep Moses was the first polyglot i watched and enjoyed, and from there i have branched out to many others including Cole and many others who also do it.

[@Hackbridge1963]

In addition to my last comment, I'd like to add that NO ONE ELSE on KZbin has even mentioned Moses for what he did. God bless you 🙏🏽🇬🇧

[@flaash5flaash520]

@ColeLangs I have to say you are a wonderful human being!! Thank you so much for honoring my brother's work and giving his legacy the light that you gave it in this video. I was just searching youtube and this video came up and it touched my soul to the core. You are an incredible human being how you humbly and honestly explained the dynamic of his talent. I thank you so much! I am now a fan and now a subscriber. May God bless you in abundance and keep being awesome like you are!! Thank you!!! Peace Love and Light, Mark Anthony McCormick :)

[@tjohnson4517]

Thanks for this. He was the main reason I started seriously learning Spanish, and it has literally changed my life and way of thinking

[@PulseRELOADED]

Me too

[@melaniegrace7707]

One of my true heroes. The language community would not be what it is today without him.

[@yunusemreaktuylu]

When I first learned that he's passed away I literally cried😪😢

[@StigFA]

I watched all of his videoes, He's a legend. Was so sad when he passed away

[@BemEam]

I didn't know he died, I've watched his videos they were really entertaining and incredible to see him speak so many languages, may he rest in peace

[@Mj-dc7lu]

I really miss that guy and I hope his legacy lives on . Thank you for this video and for your kind words.

[@00muinamir]

Absolute freakin' legend.

[@samueldickey8333]

Laoshu was from Ohio. I am from a smaller town in Ohio, about three hours away. One of my goals as a language learner was to meet Laoshu in person.

[@informant4003]

Laoshu inspired me to learn Mandarin and brush up on my old highschool Spanish. He even helped me to get out of depression to try and better myself one word at a time. RIP laoshu. I still watch your old videos from time to time. You're still insipiring people even after death.

[@marktingle1347]

his inspiration has lead me to learning spansh and polish even at the age of 60. r.i.p.

[@MattCantSpeakIt]

Laoshu was an absolute legend man... I miss his videos so much! That one with the fishers was the best! the reaction when they hear him speak Cantonese... WHOAAAAAAAAA!!!

[@greasemonkey1199]

I will never forget his laugh, always brought a smile to my face

[@MichaelMcAlexander]

I love this homage! I will never forget Laoshu or Marcus.

[@aocchi4614]

Moses was so amazing and made such an impact. I have revisited his videos so many times just to rewatch some of the genuinely happy connections he made along the way as well as to see if I have progressed in my languages to understand what he and the native speaker said hahaha. I am so happy you showed the fishing video as that is probably my favorite video as well since the first language I learned (besides my native one) was mandarin so I went from understanding very little of it to understanding the majority if not the entire thing hehehe. It makes me so happy to learn languages no matter how laborious it might be at times.

[@gdup1728]

GOAT he has a VERY special place in my heart. I’m learning Chinese and Spanish because of his legendary LEVEL UP videos. They brought me so much joy, I still watch them near daily. I rewatched them over and over with a stupid grin on my face.

[@kcidd12]

same I study everyday and only started because of HIM

[@Guevara1015]

I started watching him late, at a similar time to watching your videos, basically when I became super interested in other polyglots. He was a legend, and I think you made a fantastic tribute to his work and his impact on the community

[@MayaBishopStan]

It's so so sad to hear of his death. I watched a KZbin video earlier today, that's where I got the info that he died in 2021, I was so shocked. May his soul rest in peace 🕊️

[@MattCantSpeakIt]

"We all smile in the same language". I will reuse that one!

[@Alex-sg2sd]

Laoshu was the GOAT, he inspired me to learn laguages again, may he rest in peace 🙏

[@pablorodriguez5254]

Laoshu o.g. Polyglot rest in peace legend

[@raffaelebennett7944]

one of the best. he was the person to get me into language learning to the point where I am currently taking TEFL classes and in college to get a bachelors so I can go an teach English overseas. if it wasn't for him I would have never even thought of teaching English overseas I didn't even know that was something you could do. I am so grateful for him and his videos.

[@AmbiCahira]

What I found inspiring was that he did a lot of those languages after a significant stroke. That river clip is also the one that sticks out in my mind. :)

[@UBubba98]

RIP! He was a very inspiring dude.

[@The-Reels-CorNerZ.]

I watched him from 2016-2021...rip🥺😢😢

[@renzrenz202]

i discovered him back in 2010 and followed him since. i was so sad when i heard the news.

[@kristijansestan993]

I still go watch him ❤️

[@leito2k1]

Great tribute to this legend. You did great explaining his legacy. Terrific

[@CitroTeam]

The day he died I had a shock. For I spent days and nights enjoying the joy he brought to the people he spoke to. He not only spoke the languages but also knew how to read and write the different alphabets. By chance the first video I saw of him was this one with the fishermen. RIP Moses. (Moisés in Portuguese).

[@MrTungtarung]

Just watched him today 🥺

[@NVD20]

Couldn’t have been said any better! Great tribute to an inspiring legend!

[@ashequeawal]

I Know Him by His Videos and I Really Felt His Death Because When I started watching him, he died after a couple of months later.💔

[@MemetastorTheGreat]

He was a great fellow. I only heard about him because xiaomanyc announced his death…. Rest in peace.

[@N254NK]

As a 🇰🇪 I was shocked by his abilities.and that has opened my mind to new worlds.This is a beautiful tribute.

[@eolsunder]

my favorite of Moses was when he went in a restaurant and started chatting with the counter ladies, waitresses, etc like he always did. And just in that 1 video i think he spoke to a half dozen people working there, each in their own language (japanese, mong, spanish, korean, both chinese languages, and others).

[@remister1984]

He def an OG! 🥂 Master !

[@Todosthememe]

dude, I wanna be like him when i grow up

[@jamesneu1401]

He was also one of the first polyglots I started following RIP to a legend I remember the video by the river and for some reason I was thinking there was 3 guys

[@user805.]

I wish I could like this video a thousand times; thank you for making this

[@GeneralKenoobi]

Rest in Peace Moses. You will always be missed 💕❤️

[@PulseRELOADED]

RIP 🐀 Conversed with him once online. It was so cool. He will be missed

[@galundeng4280]

Remembering moses ♥️

[@yktvanas6466]

Rip for this legend,may his soul Rest In Peace 🤍

[@just1frosty516]

This legend definitely was a huge inspiration for me starting out

[@ItsJukeBox]

I appreciate you even more for this. Thank you.

[@martinschedler5027]

Thanks for making this video man

[@meatpopsicleHW17]

Great tribute to a legend

[@nino_ciao]

Great video, we'll never forget him! ❤️

[@niktonic5379]

thank you

[@johnnoon9999]

Great video man. Small correction, I believe the non mandarin dialect in Laoshus video with the Chinese fishermen was Sichuanese, rather than Cantonese.

[@alessiosgammini2908]

Thanks for this video and for your words, you inspire people too, peace ✌️ from Italy!

[@Patrizio99]

What i find sad is that once moses passed, his brother which seemed like a great person in his videos went mental and started making tons of videos on his own channel saying the government killed his brother with a heartattack pistol, and he even opened a copied website to mose's where he redirects people and sells moses courses (Even though they are still available on laoshus official website). Even set up a gofundme for "catching the killers" which is at $10k now! However the money probably goes to his own pocket.. To see him taking advantage of his brothers death like this is disgusting! RIP Laoshu legend!

[@desertation]

didn’t he also at first claim his wife killed him by poisoning or something like that

[@Jdubayou]

A close friend of Moses did a live stream exposing his brother. Basically Moses was providing for him because he didn't have a job and once Moses started dating that girl he felt threatened and their relationship turned toxic. He even played audio clips of Marc screaming at Moses and his girlfriend to the point where they locked themselves in a room because they felt unsafe with him in the house.

[@desertation]

@@Jdubayou lol imagine being moses wife/gf and ur spouse dies and then his neet brother accuses you of murder, jfc

[@CrispDuck]

Laoshu was a god

[@spireight902]

I watched his video, not knowing that he was no longer alive. It was a big shock for me when I found out about his death

[@benjaminsert8937]

Same here.... I'm longing for his amasing videos R.I.P. laoshu

[@Renatoorbetelli]

RIP Laoshu 😔

[@MrMcGregor206]

What?? I was wondering why I never saw anymore new stuff from him 🥺

[@astonishing157]

You didnt bother to read the comments on his last video?

[@MrMcGregor206]

@@astonishing157 I only ever saw his stuff on Instagram and tiktok

[@lynkmedia8943]

@ColeLangs amazing video bro.....im really starting to appreciate this channel......im hoping you start learning some south east asian languages and i promise your views will spike ....e.g Tagalog or Indonesian

[@zigemaxo2872]

One of the funiest videos to me of him when he was at the bar with some white guy talking chinies n chinies guy was siting next to them looking at them like wtf am i high black n white men talking chinies

[@generichuman2044]

I really miss his videos. He was the first polyglot I discovered. It's a shame his brother has gone off the rails since his death and has been spreading some pretty dangerous conspiracies

[@thepolyglotraccoon]

As a peruvian, I'm really curious why you have the Peruvian flag behind you.

[@BuickDoc]

Look up "Marfan's Syndrome" on Wikipedia. I think, from watching his videos that Marfan's was his problem. People with Marfan's tend to die suddenly of a spontaneously ruptured aorta.

[@areloTET]

Could anyone list up what languages he spoke? PS. RIP that guy

[@generichuman2044]

From what I remember: English Mandarin Cantonese Spanish French Vietnamese Khmer Korean Japanese Those are the strong languages that I remember but he also spoke parts of: Arabic Twee Swahili Greek Macedonian Russian Turkish German Ahmaric(excuse the spelling) And some others I'm forgetting

[@areloTET]

@@generichuman2044 Ok thx, that's incredible tbh

[@BuickDoc]

xxx

[@pia_mater]

Being able to learn so many different languages is a talent that you're born with. I love learning languages but I just can't seem to make any progress no matter how hard I try

[@mrt4085]

He was silenced.

[@jayzg60]

Whats so sad is he spoke so many languages and only traveled to 3 countires outside of the US (taiwan, japan and korea). I wish we couldve seen him travel but he was dealing with other issues like a nasty divorce and his brothers greedy influence

[@pageofnerds]

F :(

[@larrytemen4789]

So I did some digging and found that he got the 💉 and about 2 months after he passed.

[@Chocolatepain]

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