MAH-JONGG and MAHJONG, which one came first?

Sorry if this has been discussed before but I couldn't recall any...

> <mstanwick RemoveThis @aol.com> wrote
>>The English terms jongg
>>and jong are different because of trademark or copyright issues
>>between rival products I think. Maybe Tom can clarify this.
>
> I don't think so! Not based on this comment, anyway.
> Tom

MAH-JONGG and MAHJONG, which one came first? What are the earliest
records of each of these English terms?

Cheers!
--
Cofa Tsui
International Mahjong[r] Infoweb
www.iMahjong.com

On Apr 28, 1:57 pm, Cofa Tsui <cofat....DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Sorry if this has been discussed before but I couldn't recall any...
>
> > <mstanw....DeleteThis@aol.com> wrote
> >>The English terms jongg
> >>and jong are different because of trademark or copyright issues
> >>between rival products I think. Maybe Tom can clarify this.
>
> > I don't think so! Not based on this comment, anyway.
> > Tom
>
> MAH-JONGG and MAHJONG, which one came first? What are the earliest
> records of each of these English terms?
>
> Cheers!
> --
> Cofa Tsui
> International Mahjong[r] Infowebwww.iMahjong.com

Intuitive thinking only:

"Jong" came AFTER "Jongg".

Jongg was trade-marked because of "Chiang" which sounds good and has
an army general or high ranking connotation and used in book titles
for the Sparrow game. (some-one mentioned a copy of 1912-13).
Jong came into being when people started dropping the useless and
meaningless second "g" knowingly or unknowingly.

I looked for jong in 2 Chinese-English dictionaries and I could not
find the word or an official meaning of jong.

BabCCock wanted JONGG to sound like ZHONG. which means luck and thus
even less meaning or really wronGG.

My favorite word is "wrongg" (i.e. both jongg and jong)

Cheers.......AL