April Fools' Day

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This is a list of practical jokes and hoaxes by Tokiponists and Toki Pona communities that have occurred on April Fools' Day (1 April).

2009[edit | edit source]

  • jan Sonja coined kijetesantakalu as a joke word. This also led to Alexandre Baudry coining sutopatikuna in response, and to April Fools' Day sometimes being associated with kijetesantakalu, as is evident in later practical jokes.

2021[edit | edit source]

2022[edit | edit source]

  • Several Toki Pona communities participated in Reddit's r/place social experiment, collaborating to create pixel art on a large public canvas.
  • lipu tenpo published issue nanpa kijetesantakalu, mostly consisting of repetitions of the word kijetesantakalu.

2023[edit | edit source]

2024[edit | edit source]

"Big Otter"
  • jan Kekan San published the video "tomo pi walo loje", a shaggy-dog story about three people who each stay at a pink house full of pink objects after their vehicles break down.[3]
  • ma pona pi toki pona rebranded to a tuki tiki server named kiku tiki tuki tiki.[4]
  • sona pona:
    • The main page ran a banner claiming that only articles about Láadan were allowed on the wiki and that "Big Otter is watching", referencing the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.[5]
    • The pronunciation of yupekosi was listed as [xɬpʼχʷɬtʰɬpʰɬːskʷʰt͡sʼupekosi].
  • The horror anthology zine lipu monsuta released kijetesantakalu monsuta, a special issue with humorous and absurd horror stories.[6]
  • jan Ke Tami published the video "yupekosi: No one knows how to pronounce the y", a compilation of different speakers finding different and creative ways to pronounce the "y" in yupekosi.[7]
  • lipu tenpo published issue nanpa lili, a small foldable zine with articles about small things.

References[edit | edit source]

English Wikipedia has an article on
April Fools' Day.
  1. jan Kekan San [@gregdan3]. (1 April 2023). Message in #ijo-sin. ma pona pi toki pona. Discord. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  2. jan Kekan San. (1 April 2023). "I, We, You, He, She, They, It, Also They, - Learn Esperanto! Lesson 1". jan Kekan San [@gregdan3d]. YouTube. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  3. jan Kekan San. (1 April 2024). "tomo pi walo loje" [The Pink House] (in Toki Pona). jan Kekan San [@gregdan3d]. YouTube. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  4. akesi Jan [@janetblackquill]. (31 March 2024). Message in #ijo-sin. ma pona pi toki pona. Discord. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  5. sona pona editors. (1 April 2024). Main Page. sona pona. Revisions 14997 through 15009.
  6. (1 April 2024). "kijetesantakalu monsuta". lipu monsuta. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  7. jan Ke Tami. (1 April 2024). "yupekosi: No one knows how to pronounce the y". jan Ke Tami [@IAmSamys]. YouTube. Retrieved 2 April 2024.