Talk:man ist, was man isst
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GBS only gives me a few results with comma and ß: "Er ist, was er ißt." (twice), "... daß er ist, was er ißt, ...". --84.161.44.172 09:23, 25 December 2018 (UTC)
Standard form has comma as "du bist, was du ißt" or "Du bist, was Du ißt" ("du bist, was du isst" or "Du bist, was Du isst"). --84.161.44.172 09:35, 25 December 2018 (UTC)
- This is originally an aphorism by Ludwig Feuerbach: “der Mensch ist, was er ißt.” I doubt that it has attained lexical status.
- "man ist, was man ißt" ("man ist, was man isst") and "du/Du bist, was du/Du ißt" with comma should be common, and might count as proverbs which wt includes too. --84.161.18.20 22:53, 25 December 2018 (UTC)
- "man ist, was man ißt/isst" is the more common form, easily attested in book and news sources. I think it also offers a better correspondence with English you are what you eat, in which the pronoun you is used in the impersonal sense of anyone. --Lambiam 21:11, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
Redirected to man ist, was man isst with verification. Julia ☺ ☆ 23:27, 9 February 2020 (UTC)