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{{tp title|aAANUSEMEmailMahjong}}
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[[File:aAANUSEMEmailMajong screenshot.png|thumbnail|Screenshot of the Discord message and emoji reactions whence {{tp|aAANUSEMEmailMajong}}]]
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'''{{tp|aAANUSEMEmailMahjong}}''' is an [[inside joke]] in some [[Toki Pona]] [[communities]], occasionally used as a nonsensical mutation of the [[question]] tag {{tp|[[anu seme]]}}. It originated in the {{tp|[[ma pona pi toki pona]]}} {{w|Discord}} server.
| IPA = /ˈaː.nu.ˌse.me.ˌiː.meɪl.ˌmɑː.dʒɔŋ/
| PoS = both
}}
'''{{tp|aAANUSEMEmailMahjong}}''' is a [[joke word|humorous]] [[Questions|question]] [[particle]], synonymously to {{tp|[[anu seme]]}}. It is also a [[content word]] referring to reacting to a person's message with {{tp|aAANUSEMEmailMahjong}}.
 
==EtymologyHistory==
TheOn word11 July 2020, in {{tp|aAANUSEMEmailMahjong}}ma waspona coinedpi intoki 2020 as apona}}, {{tok|[[jokekala wordpona Tonyu]]}} afterposted the reaction tomessage "{{tok|[[a]]aaa}}", message byand {{tok|kalapalisa ponajelo TonyuNatan}} intried theto react to it with "{{tp|'[[maa ponaa pia|a tokia pona(a)]]}}' anu {{w|Discordseme?}}". server,The featuringemojis the following emote reactions:used ([[File:a - sitelen pona pu (monospaced).svg|frameless|20px14x14px]] 🅰️ 🇦 🇳 🇺 🇸 🇪 🇲 📧 🀄.<ref>{{cite Discord|url=https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/545467374254555137/731365436536651827|name={{tok|[[kala pona Tonyu]]}}|username=bucketfish|channel={{tok|tomo-toki-pini-ante}}|server={{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}}|access-date=2023-12-08}}</ref> {{tok|palisa jelo Natan}} and Theepicosity helped coin it.<ref>{{cite Discord|url=https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/545467374254555137/731365904180576337|name={{tok|palisa jelo Natan}}|username=bananatreelabs|channel={{tok|tomo-toki-pini-ante}}|server={{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}}|access-date=2023-12-08}}</ref>) were slightly garbled due to emoji reactions disallowing repeat characters, leading to the second E using the {{w|email}} emoji,<ref group="lower-alpha">Displayed as an {{cite Discordw|url=https:/envelope}} with the letter E</discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/545467374254555137/731366059226955896|name=Theepicosity|username=theepicosity|channel=ref> and possibly eliding a third repetition of {{toktp|tomo-toki-pini-ante[[a]]}}|server=.{{tpwh|mabut ponawhy pithe tokimahjong ponatile?}} They were reread as "{{tok|access-date=2023-12-08(a A) ANU SEM[E]}}</ref> email {{w|mahjong}}", run together due to the usual lack of whitespace characters in emoji reactions.
 
Witnesses to the message joking defined {{tp|aAANUSEMEmailMahjong}} as a [[question]] [[particle]]<ref>{{cite Discord|url=https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/545467374254555137/731366059226955896|name=Theepicosity|username=theepicosity|channel={{tok|tomo-toki-pini-ante}}|server={{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}}|access-date=2023-12-08}}<blockquote>{{tok|aAANUSEMEmailMajong}}<br />(particle) question marker</blockquote></ref> or "to react to someone's message with" these emojis.{{better source needed|reason=Who and where is this sense from?|date=2024-05-07}} This joke definition appeared in the exhaustive {{tp|[[nimi ale]]}} dictionary.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lipu-pi-ijo-pi-toki.pona.la/nimi-ale/NA%20-%202a.txt|title={{tok|nimi ale}}: Section 2A - Words in {{tok|ma toki pi toki pona}}|website={{tok|lipu-pi-ijo-pi-toki.pona.la}}|author={{tok|kule epiku Atawan}}|date=2020-12-15|access-date=2023-12-09}}</ref>
 
{{tp|aAANUSEMEmailMahjong}} has occasionally been used like this as a [[joke word|joke]].<ref group="lower-alpha">sitelen seli kiwen includes a {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}} glyph ({{sp|aAANUSEMEmailMahjong}}) made by mashing together the glyphs for {{tp|a}} ({{sp|a}}), {{tp|anu}} ({{sp|anu}}), and {{tp|seme}} ({{sp|seme}}), and the email and mahjong-tile-red-dragon emoji (visually including E and {{wikt|中}}. It is unlikely that this glyph gets significant use.</ref> This is not widely understood; for example, as of May 2024, {{tok|[[Linku]]}} has no entry for it.
 
==Notes==
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