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Re: Flyer Fever Update
05/04/15 01:15 AM
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> In Japanese, mahjong is called 麻雀, which is read
> マージャン, i.e. mājan. So in Japanese, all the
> games where they abbreviate it use ジャン (jan), so you have
> テレジャン (Telejan)
> ジャンジャン (Janjan),
> Ｅジャン (E-jan), etc. However, since we call the game
> "mahjong" or "mahjongg" in English, these names sometimes get translated as Telejong,
> Jongjong, E-jong, etc. However, Japanese doesn't actually have an explicit nasalised
> "ng" sound in its phonetic alphabets.
Hmmm. Point taken. My source (who is Japanese) also concedes. So Telejan and DS Telejan are more accurate? I want to make sure my data is accurate and also aligns with the MAME effort.
Thanks.
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