What romanization system of what language or dialect is this from?
I've seen no other romanization of Mandarin or other Chinese languages or dialects use a final H.
Or may it be just common english-speaking use to avoid being pronounced may-jong?
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3Mahjong spread to West way before Pinyin, so I think your guess is correct. It's a non-ambiguous English spelling to reproduce the sound. – jf328 Jun 21 '17 at 10:24
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1Mahjong spread to the west slightly before Wade Giles did, and decades before Hanyu Pinyin was created. – Colin McLarty Jun 22 '17 at 17:21
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I think only an English* etymologist could possibly have an answer. *: note that "Mahjong" is actually an English word, not Chinese. – zypA13510 Mar 17 '20 at 13:48
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Refer to Mahjong In The West
I think it is just a translation problem.
In the old times, romanisation in Chinese Language like Cantonese Romanisation is not really common, like in this case, Mahjong might be translated from the Wu Dialect or Northern Chinese Language, I'm not sure about that.
You might also refer to this The Mahjong Origin
I hope I did answer your question. :)
It's because the English spelling is based on an old Chinese romanization system called 'Wade-Giles' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade–Giles) (I think).
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Hmm... maybe not. Maybe it's not a standard romanization system and just arbitrarily chosen spelling. – aansible Jun 21 '17 at 20:23
It's a perfectly normal way of transcribing the long "aahhh" sound into English. In this case it tells us that the game is not mayjong, nor muhjong.
No doctor ever asked you to "Say a." It's always "Say `Ah'."
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I have never seen a doctor write down what you're supposed to say to open your mouth. – Olle Linge Mar 20 '20 at 6:49
