[DOC] [TLE] What is the story behind the word "Mahjong"? - English Language ... [PAR] Jun 9, 2014 ... also spelled majiang, mah jongg, and numerous other variants, is a game ... 
mqu)meaning sparrowwhich is still the name most commonly used in ... I 
would dispute the idea that the name of the game only goes back to... [DOC] [TLE] Mahjong - Wikipedia [PAR] Mahjong also spelled majiang, mahjong, and numerous other variants, is a game 
that originated in China during the ... However, most Mandarin-speaking Chinese 
now call the game mjing (). In Northern Wu ... Also in 1920, Joseph Park 
Babcock published his book Rules of Mah-Jongg, also known as the "red book". [DOC] [TLE] Mahjong tiles - Wikipedia [PAR] Mahjong tiles are tiles of Chinese origin that are used to play mahjong as well as 
mahjong .... as it commonly depicts a bird, is often referred as the sparrow ( - 
m qu). ... Honor tiles (, pinyin zpi, lit. word tiles) have neither rank nor suit 
but like .... Identifying a Mah-Jongg Variant at sloperama.com. ... Languages. [DOC] [TLE] What is the story behind the word "Mahjong"? - GuruLang [PAR] It boggles my mind that the word "Chess" has a vast amount of information 
regarding the ... mah jongg, and numerous other variants, is a game that 
originated in China. ... (pinyin: mqu)?meaning sparrow?which is still the name 
most commonly ... However, most Mandarin-speaking Chinese now call the 
game mjing (? [DOC] [TLE] Mah-Jongg - Heroin, "Granola," & More: Products That Became ... [PAR] Mah-jongg (spelled with one or two gs) is a game of Chinese origin in which 
players try to create ... Heroin, "Granola," & More: Products That Became Words. [DOC] [TLE] FAQ 6: A Mah-Jongg Rosetta Stone - Sloperama [PAR] In making this "Rosetta Stone," I have mainly used English-language books (with 
the main ... (ma que or ma qiao, "hemp sparrow / jute bird / flax bird") or (ma jiang; 
"ma" being short for ma que ... Card (his book comes with cards) .... DRAGONS (
Note: the use of the word "dragons" for these tiles is strictly a Western practice. [DOC] [TLE] Mahjong Time - Mahjong Game History [PAR] American Style Mah Jongg Rules ... 'Mahjong' is a Chinese word that interprets '
clattering sparrow', 'flax sparrow' or perhaps 'hemp bird'. This is due to the fact... [DOC] [TLE] March | 2015 | Mah Jongg and Me [PAR] Mar 31, 2015 ... 6 posts published by Mah Jongg and Me during March 2015. ... When a fight 
erupts during a game, and her husband puts one of his friend's eyes out, she 
comes home to find .... Mahjong is the Chinese word for sparrow, and is a game 
of ... words and other abstracted concepts from language (like syntax). [DOC] [TLE] mah-jongg - WordReference.com Dictionary of English [PAR] mah-jongg - WordReference English dictionary, questions, discussion and 
forums. ... Online Language Dictionaries ... dialect, dialectal mh-juk, Chinese 
mqu literally, sparrow (depicted on the first tile of a set), equivalent. to m 
hemp + qu bird; 192025 ... Forum discussions with the word(s) "mah-jongg" in 
the title:. [DOC] [TLE] Mah Jongg Article | Naples Italian American Foundation | Naples, FL [PAR] Aug 22, 2015 ... The Mah Jongg article from the Naples Daily News. ... The word mahjong comes 
from the Chinese word for sparrow. Nancy Gruppuso has... [DOC] [TLE] Re: Ma que, ma jiang, all because of mah-jongg? - Google Groups [PAR] Oct 7, 2006 ... through 1920 and all over China about the term "ma-chiang". But ... "Sparrow") 
but by long usage it has come to be called*"Mah Chang" by the ... but say 'mjan', 
and also why

Question: "Mah-jongg" comes from a word for "sparrow" in this language
Answer: Chinese