Bedlam, a corruption of Bethlem (Bethlehem), the name of a psychiatric
hospital formerly in the City of London.
I'll leave you all to work out the rest, but this might help:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlem_Royal_Hospital
Piers
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From: Chris Barker [mailto:ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 07 June 2010 19:29
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: La Petaudiere at dusk.
Ah, I should have realised.
Perhaps "bearpit" would be better, as "Bedlam" was the madhouse.
Chris
On 7 Jun 2010, at 18:37, philippe.amard wrote:
>> I don't really understand the references to Bedlam or bear garden
>> (sorry),
>
> This is what my faithful dictionary returned when I looked it up for
> pétaudière, which usually means a mess or the result of the activity
> of a disorderly group, but I wanted to check the exact word and found
> those two ... I have no clue whatsoever why they provide this, sorry.
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