Oh, the places you'll go thanks to language learning! Tribute to Moses McCormick in 51 languages

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Oh, the places you'll go thanks to language learning! Tribute to Moses McCormick in 51 languages

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The amazing Moses McCormick (aka laoshu505000) recently passed away, so the language learning community has come together for this big send-off collaboration.
Hopefully, you like this idea of mine. I organized all the contributors (with help from Tetsu Yung and Richard Simcott), coordinated their submissions, and did all the edits (yes, all those effects were by me). Thanks to Jonathan Seabolt for gathering the footage of Moses used and music is by Jordan Grigg.
I got the inspiration to do this video from this one: • Oh, the Places You'll ... . In my version, we each translated our lines to our assigned languages, of the poem "Oh, the places you'll go" by Dr. Seuss, which has that optimistic sense of adventure in life that I always associated with Moses. He will truly be missed, and I hope this tribute is worthy of the legend himself.
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Leave a comment if you'd like to translate the subtitles file, so the video is more accessible in other languages! Also, please feel free to share your favourite Moses moments, or what you most enjoyed about this video in the comments too!
Otherwise, see all the other excellent contributors to this project and how to find them, in the table of contents:
00:00 Intro
00:09 Irish
Benny Lewis (me, this channel), fluentin3months.com , / irishpolyglot , / irishpolyglot , / irishpolyglot
00:20 Welsh
Gareth Popkins, howtogetfluent.com
00:25 French
Tetsu Yung, ‪@AskTetsu‬
00:35 Mandarin
Xiaoma ‪@xiaomanyc‬
00:44 Aramaic
Patrick Khory ‪@Patrick.Khoury‬
01:00 Scots
Maureen languagelearningjourney.com
01:09 Nahuatl
Anja Spilker zaloalanguages.com/
01:17 Thai
Stujay Raj jcademy.com mindkraft.com
01:26 Catalan
Matias Barmat www.polyglotassociation.org
01:41 Lao
Andrew Gibler
01:46 Arabic (MSA)
Jeff Netto / jnatalkhimia
02:00 Slovak
Lýdia Machová languagementoring.com
02:10 Esperanto
Peter Baláž www.polyglotgathering.com
02:23 Romani
Trisha Dunbar
02:30 Northern Sami
Georges Awaad / @thepokeglot8529
02:42 Hakka
Michael Campbell www.glossika.com
02:57 German
Heidrun Tóth-Loesti
03:05 Swedish
Steve Kaufmann www.lingq.com
03:16 Tibetan
Tim Keeley kyusan-u.academia.edu/TimDean...
03:37 Macedonian
Richard Simcott polyglotconference.com
03:49 Foochow
Marcus Thang
04:04 Croatian
Shannon Kennedy eurolinguiste.com / eurolinguiste
04:14 Circassian
Jonty Yamisha www.optilingo.com
04:23 Portuguese
Diogo Pereira Almanacy
04:32 Taiwanese/Hokkien
Israel Lai rhapsodyinlingo.com
04:44 Guarani
Lindsay Williams lindsaydoeslanguages.com
05:00 Hawaiian
Jared Gimbel
05:14 Afrikaans
Lindie Botes lindiebotes.com/ ‪@LindieBotes‬
05:25 Miskito
Kolby Palmer
05:32 Icelandic
Derek T. Allen
05:39 Tagalog
Dean Gocon
05:48 Swahili
Khadydja N'doye
06:05 Klingon
André Müller
06:24 Spanish
Miguel Ariza multilingualbronxite.wordpres...
06:35 Kurdish (Sorani)
Andy Cordery
06:47 Japanese
Yemi
06:58 Turkish
Imaddedin Fatah
07:04 Polish
Luca Lampariello www.lucalampariello.com/
07:12 Hungarian
Alex Rawlings alexrawlings.co.uk/
07:19 Ladino
Carlos Yebra López www.ladino21.org
07:27 Greek
Judith Meyer www.learnlangs.com
07:33 Cantonese
Sara Maria Hasbun / misslinguistic
07:49 Russian
Susanna Zaraysky createyourworldbook.com/
07:57 Hebrew
Paul Jorgensen ‪@Langfocus‬
08:05 ASL & English
Frankie Light • Chinese speaking Black...
08:13 Norwegian
Mark Pentleton radiolingua.com/
08:22 Serbian
Daniel Ferguson
08:36 Italian
Elisa Polese speakfromdayonewithelisa.com
08:48 Romanian
Bajkai-Fabian Robert
09:04 Tamil
Christine ‪@PolyglotStories‬
09:16 Outro
#Laushu505000Forever

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@irishpolyglot 3 жыл бұрын

One thing I've learned in this last year of lockdown is improved video editing skills and workflows. It's why I took on this ambitious project shortly after I heard the very sad news of Moses' passing. Thanks so much to all the many polyglots who worked with me and my very specific requests, to help get this video ready this quickly. I truly hope it shows how much love the community has for Moses that so many busy polyglots were so eager to work on this. I hope you all enjoy it, and that it's a worthy send-off for this incredible legend!

@blacklily624 3 жыл бұрын

you did an awesome Job!!!

@kolbypalmer7816 3 жыл бұрын

@Benny Lewis Hey there, I'd like to translate a subtitles file into Spanish.

@irishpolyglot 3 жыл бұрын

@@kolbypalmer7816 Thanks Kolby! Please download this file, edit it in a basic text editing program, and maintain all timestamps and spacing and send it back to me! drive.google.com/file/d/1H1KC66yucMQ0v6HS2LjnT1_oIieF3muh/view?usp=sharing

@sheldonthibault6631 3 жыл бұрын

You really did a great job on this. Thank you.

@kolbypalmer7816 3 жыл бұрын

@@irishpolyglot I tried to download the file, but my google drive says that the type of file is not compatible. Any suggestions on what I could do?

@Langfocus 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for putting this huge project together, Benny. I'm sure Moses would have loved it.

@irishpolyglot 3 жыл бұрын

I know he would have. Thanks for contributing!!

@elnoruego6854 3 жыл бұрын

I didn't know u spoke Hebrew, it was however beautiful

@martin5190 3 жыл бұрын

@@elnoruego6854 That's like one of Paul's first languages he learned I think and on of his better languages.

@fawlkee 3 жыл бұрын

Indeed he would

@LindieBotes 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Benny for arranging this initiative. I am sure Moses would have loved this. RIP to a great inspiration.

@irishpolyglot 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Lindie; was great to collab with you on this!

@SpeakingFluently 3 жыл бұрын

We did our friend proud. His legacy will live on forever! Love to everyone! #Laoshu505000Forever

@irishpolyglot 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks again for your help with this, Richard!

@fearlesslinguist7112 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Richard for your tribute as well.

@PolyglotStories 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Benny, this video is truly beautiful. The little footages of Laoshu here and there made me cry... Rest in peace Moses McCormick, you will live forever in the heart of people you've touched and inspired.

@irishpolyglot 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your powerful wrap up clip, Christine!

@LuisFernandoValenzuela 3 жыл бұрын

Have to admit this made me cry too 😢, going to miss Laoshu

@1limited669 3 жыл бұрын

This was the perfect way to "Memorialize" Moses, So many people from around the world, Thought very highly of him, And how he tried to bridge the world, one language at a time. He will be truly missed, But he knows his "Gift" will be carried on by many people for years to come.

@irishpolyglot 3 жыл бұрын

Very true. His influence will live on forever.

@soundlyawake 3 жыл бұрын

I loved this so much. RIP Moses ❤️

@dileepanand6450 3 жыл бұрын

Hats off to all the polyglots for giving such a fitting tribute to Late icon and legend Laoshu.

@coffeebreaklanguages 3 жыл бұрын

A very fitting tribute! Go raibh maith agat, Benny!

@irishpolyglot 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for joining in!

@peterandersson3812 3 жыл бұрын

Great tribute: I'm guessing that nobody was an L1 speaker? All speakers of the languages I know (Swedish, Norwegian, English, German, French and Portuguese) did a really great job. And it's particularly pleasing for some reason to see someone speaking a language that's normally spoken by someone from a very different ethnic group: a black woman speaking Japanese, an Asian family speaking French, a white man speaking Tibetan. There must be such a story behind all of them: What was their motivation? What's their story? Love? Work? Flight? Sheer curiosity? It really gave me motivation to brush up on German and French and perhaps take on a new challenge.

@PinoyPolyglot 3 жыл бұрын

This is truly a wonderful tribute for Moses McCormick. Thanks, Benny and Richard for making this happen. I'm delighted to be part of this. ❤️

@irishpolyglot 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for joining in with us, Dean!

@PinoyPolyglot 3 жыл бұрын

@@irishpolyglot it's an honor. 😊

@bigfan2452 3 жыл бұрын

Rest in peace and condolences to laosuhu550, he inspired me to learn Japanese 🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵 and continue with my Japanese 🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵 studies.

@irishpolyglot 3 жыл бұрын

I hope you continue for life!

@bigfan2452 3 жыл бұрын

@@irishpolyglot if I am consistent with my Japanese studies I will finish it either by the end of 2023 or early 2024. After that, I will start learning Mandarin 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳 in order to honor Laushu550 as he was extremely fluent in Mandarin.

@bigfan2452 3 жыл бұрын

@@mrgenetics4063 why?

@marcusthang 3 жыл бұрын

No better way to pay tribute to Moses. Thank you Benny and Richard for putting this together!

@irishpolyglot 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for joining in on the initiative, Marcus!

@StuartJayRaj 3 жыл бұрын

Great work everyone - and you are a champion for making all this happen Benny

@irishpolyglot 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for another great contribution on a big polyglot collab video, Stu!!

@martin5190 3 жыл бұрын

What an amazing piece of work Benny. I love seeing folks like Steve, Paul, and Xiaoma and others collaborating to honor Moses. The most incredible polyglot and inspiration. RIP Laoshu

@yemi6944 3 жыл бұрын

So happy to be a part of this and to see the finished product. Thank you, Laoshu for being a trailblazer. Thank you Benny and Richard, for putting this together. Thank you to all the members of the language community who paid tribute.

@irishpolyglot 3 жыл бұрын

Great to have you in it!!

@yasinmadakia 3 жыл бұрын

What lovely tribute. I feel so sad that he is no longer around. He was a great inspiration to me in my language learning journey and always made me laugh. I pray that he is in a better place now. But he will be greatly missed.

@irishpolyglot 3 жыл бұрын

He'll be forever missed!!

@Howtogetfluent 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Benny for all your work on this! Go raibh maith agat! Moses, thanks for the inspiration!

@irishpolyglot 3 жыл бұрын

Appreciate the fellow Celtic language contribution. Thanks!!

@LindsayDowLanguages 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful way to honour Moses 💛 Thanks for bringing us all together for this, Benny! :)

@andrewgibler 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Benny, Richard, Tetsu and all the others for making this happen. Moses has been such an appreciation to us all and I hope there are 50+ angels greeting him in 50+ languages at the pearly gates. RIP Moses for all of your encouragement and breaking so many barriers in the world.

@TheLostBrit 3 жыл бұрын

Gave me goosebumps watching this. What a great tribute to a great man. He inspired us all and will continue to do so. Thanks everyone who contributed and Benny for putting this together!

@ETS186 3 жыл бұрын

I still can't believe it. Laoshu has been part of my youtube world since 2011 when I started learning mandarin 😢. Farewell Moses. Selamat jalan. Sampai jumpa.🙏🏼

@maia3420 3 жыл бұрын

Been part of this community for 7+ years. Moses is a real OG and so are you Benny.

@irishpolyglot 3 жыл бұрын

Here's to many more years!!

@jssmedialangs 3 жыл бұрын

I got so emotional watching this. Such a beautiful tribute for someone who made so many smile.

@anareus1 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you everyone who did this tribute. I work at dollar tree and I have learned Spanish and I love it when I level up with native Spanish speakers. I bought a FLR course from Moses a few years ago in Chinese. I didnt actually complete the course but as a tribute to Moses, I am going to complete the course.

@Mj-dc7lu 3 жыл бұрын

I thought I was done tearing up over this guy .. what do you know !😢😢😔

@languagelearningdabbler 3 жыл бұрын

Right. I got so choked up.

@almaofearthia6785 3 жыл бұрын

I'm sure that Moses would have really appreciated this video! Thank You so much for doing this! Moses will be greatly missed!!!

@RhapsodyinLingo 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for putting this together! Let's make sure his influence and inspiration stay with the community always and keep motivating us to connect with peoples and cultures.

@thepokeglot8529 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for inviting us into this project and for putting it together. It was a great honor for me to be a part of it. May Laoshu's legacy live on forever and ever! Ollu giitu buohkaide! Thanks a lot everyone!

@supacyanide4442 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for spearheading this Benny. Moses forever!!!!!!!

@irishpolyglot 3 жыл бұрын

A lot of work, but totally worth it. Glad people are enjoying it!

@fluntimes 3 жыл бұрын

Moses was one of the most passionate and cheerful people. Behind that was a highly structured and intelligent approach to learning. He was an inspiration in so many ways.

@sarahm3128 3 жыл бұрын

This is amazing. I watched Moses throughout high school during a dark period of my life and he truly brought joy and an insight to the world. He will be dearly missed.

@Nino-bu1cx 3 жыл бұрын

it was his videos talking to complete strangers that made me want to learn another language Rest In Power✊🏿✊🏿

@AndyJugglesLanguages 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent tribute. You have worked so hard on this to get it looking great. What a fantastic tribute to Moses. Honoured to have taken part albeit only for a few seconds. Well done .

@Patrick.Khoury 3 жыл бұрын

Such a great video! Rest in eternal peace, Moses 🌹

@irishpolyglot 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your contribution, Patrick!!

@Lupat512 3 жыл бұрын

Great job. When the Polyglot community comes together, it can be a powerful, uniting force of good.

@LisaBiskup 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Benny for this wonderful compilation of polyglots to honor Moses. I remember watching him so many years ago and being amazed and inspired by his curiosity, energy, and love of people and languages. He had such a great, positive attitude and it was always fun to watch him go places and level up his language experiences. We will miss him greatly. May he rest in peace and his legacy live on. ❤️

@polyglotstation 3 жыл бұрын

In tears. Thanks to all of you for creating such a beautiful tribute. It's amazing how he was able to study this many languages. RIP Moses, may your legacy live on

@antiquelady60 3 жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry to hear of his passing. Yes, he will be missed. Thank you, Benny, for putting this together. What a labor of love!

@foreverlearningfrench 3 жыл бұрын

This is absolutely amazing!! Beautiful work and representation.

@TBE69 3 жыл бұрын

This gave me severe goosebumps, and also brought tears to my eyes. This was an amazing tribute to the one whom inspired so many. This month has been insanely hard on me; however, I will work to help keep his legacy alive by learning more languages and bridging gaps like he has over the years. He was a huge inspiration to me, such as the person I am now. Moses will be missed dearly. RIP brother, fly high.🕊️

@blacklily624 3 жыл бұрын

Within 2 mins I was tearing up. This is so beautiful and thoughtful.

@jimmihshs 3 жыл бұрын

Incredibly touching, this was beautiful.

@studiosnch 3 жыл бұрын

What a fitting tribute to such a great inspiration, not just for polyglots. Pagpahulay na, among pinalanggang Moses, kauban sa imong mga mipanaw na pud na mga minahal sa kinabuhi. Magpadayon ang imong buhat diri sa yuta, paingon sa lugar kun asa ka karon. Amping sa imong pagpanaw.

@greenwhiskey7 3 жыл бұрын

This is awesome I love the way the polyglot community has rallied around this great man. Thank you all.

@creaty2852 3 жыл бұрын

This was a very beautiful and fitting tribute, I still can’t believe he’s not with us anymore. I hope he knew how he inspired and how beloved he was by so many people that he touched just by being himself.

@andremuller9385 3 жыл бұрын

Such a beautiful video, amazing, and touching! Well done! And so amazing to hear all those languages!

@muzzo23 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing Benny!!,what an amazing and a very fitting tribute to Laoshu50500!,still cant believe he's gone 😢💔

@ians4564 3 жыл бұрын

Such a wonderful video seeing many polyglots here, and I recognised a few of them as well. There was even languages spoke that I didn't know even existed! 😊 😁

@irishpolyglot 3 жыл бұрын

It's only fitting; I heard Moses use languages that I never knew existed before, so the video following that pattern is appropriate!

@AndreyOrochi 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Benny for putting together this video of our Big Bro in language learning.

@christopherduckett3051 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely beautiful. What a wonderful tribute.

@DJay. 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing tribute!! great job! Bruce Lee once said “If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.” ~Bruce Lee #LEGEND Moses Monweal McCormick aka Laoshu/Mouse went above and beyond those limitations! Rest in Paradise or Safe passage to the next life.... What ever happens next..keep leveling up Laoshu. One Love

@polyronin 3 жыл бұрын

A fitting tribute to an amazing inspirational friend.

@Storytime2023x 3 жыл бұрын

This video and all others that have been made to show how much Moses meant, well, they had to be made, of course. The message of Moses was simple, but it took hold of everyone. Thanks to all who have made videos in tribute of Moses. I watched his videos since he started, and did not agree with him on everything, but how could a person not develop a sense of family after watching someone grow for so many years? He will be long remembered by polyglots around the world.

@callumcook9224 3 жыл бұрын

Still can't believe he is gone हार्दिक श्रध्दाञ्जलि

@hitmarkerwhattt6921 3 жыл бұрын

This is LOVELY I friggin love the frigg out of this and everyone that participated and even everyone watching and wishing they could be part of the video for Moses as well. LOOK AT this wonderful person, everyone loved Thus man so much. He has had an immense impact of MANY people.

@Ms.Francis 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliantly done! I really enjoyed watching may he RIP.

@albthe7891 3 жыл бұрын

such a great video thank you for sharing!

@daniel.mojimaki 3 жыл бұрын

Truly beautiful and inspiring everyone, thank you for creating this.

@dreamzthief4758 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@polyglotdreams 3 жыл бұрын

Great job Benny I am sure Moses would love it!

@calvinchristopher9046 3 жыл бұрын

This was a beautiful tribute, thank you to all who contributed

@navraajsandhu1057 3 жыл бұрын

Rest in peace, Moses. ❤️

@chrisofmelbourne87 2 жыл бұрын

This is so sad. He is on of a handful of people who walk around, talk to strangers, learn many languages and engage in them. They try to build a connection and understand cultures; something I have done since 2003. I love it...some people find it weird, but it was amazing seeing people like Laoshi who would do this, and yet be respectful and open to learning more. This is sad to me and tragic, he made me feel like someone out there shared this quality and love of learning and speaking to strangers in order to connect with me. I hope his family are okay and he is at peace. Absolute legendary and much respect to you! 💔😪👊🏼

@olegabbatini7015 3 жыл бұрын

It's a shame this video doesn't have more views although I've got a feeling that it is aimed more at the language learning community (people who Moses means a lot to) rather than a mainstream KZfaq audience.

@mominthekitchen 3 жыл бұрын

Such a beautiful tribute!

@ToniasBusy 3 жыл бұрын

Thoughtful and timeless tribute

@hatersgotohell627 3 жыл бұрын

Look at all the love this guy had for him. Thanks Benny for doing this.

@trishadunbar1803 3 жыл бұрын

A beautiful tribute ❤️

@irishpolyglot 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for adding your part in, Trisha!

@trishadunbar1803 3 жыл бұрын

@@irishpolyglot You are welcome it was a real honour. The tribute gave me Goosebumps! Nais tuke, for organising such a wonderful tribute to a language legend.

@spectrums6858 3 жыл бұрын

You'll be missed , rest well Moses 🙏🙏🙏

@languagelearningdabbler 3 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful tribute 😍😭

@iamossyj 5 ай бұрын

He is one of the reasons why I want to learn many languages

@lovelymulher5139 3 жыл бұрын

How beautiful! Rip Moses

@Jessyidiomas 3 жыл бұрын

Great vidio, so inspiring.

@hansmattss0n709 2 жыл бұрын

What a man he was and what a hearth.Rest in peace I miss him for what he has done.

@2weird4m3 3 жыл бұрын

This is precious in so many ways.

@charbax 3 жыл бұрын

oh no 😢

@elizabeths50 3 жыл бұрын

so beautiful.

@melanieguages4185 3 жыл бұрын

This was beautiful

@cindys2995 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful and Sad at the same time. THANK you! RIP Moses - Vida bien vivida!

@bradyrice6631 3 жыл бұрын

Man this is beautiful 😥

@nat-iy8np 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@tri-plyfurn 3 жыл бұрын

I..love..this 🥺 RIP Moses

@1browngirl29 3 жыл бұрын

Love live the memories of Moses

@erenparla3869 3 жыл бұрын

R.I.P Moses Mccormik 🙏

@flobot5 3 жыл бұрын

This is beautiful

@aguy4247 3 жыл бұрын

Go hiontach ar fad, benny! Ar dheis Dé go Raibh a Anam. Beannachtaí agus grá ó Arizona.

@noetrejo1432 3 жыл бұрын

Waan faraxsanahay. Mahadsanid. Waan baran rabaa badan afaf.

@FarzanasLaw 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video!!!

@sima2770 3 жыл бұрын

رائع 😍 شكراً يا بِني على هذا الفيديو

@kipdude1 3 жыл бұрын

RIP Moses

@abdinasirmohamed2238 3 жыл бұрын

🙏🙏🙏

@CoffeeDev749 3 жыл бұрын

This was epic!

@irishpolyglot 3 жыл бұрын

A great community effort, for sure!

@Miembr0 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@argentinamexico3895 3 жыл бұрын

RIP laoshu

@iamossyj 5 ай бұрын

I nearly cried 😢

@rickydoll3071 3 жыл бұрын

I liked this

@ENGLISHTAINMENT 3 жыл бұрын

Go raibh maith agatsa as seo a dhéanamh ar son Laoshu.

@ZootBurger 3 жыл бұрын

✨🔥✨

@pedrochalaco1 3 жыл бұрын

Conocí a Moses viendo el video "polyglots at the mall" . Desde ese dia lo veia siempre. Descansa en paz Laoshu.