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Re: [OM] IMG: La Petaudiere at dusk.

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: La Petaudiere at dusk.
From: "Piers Hemy" <piers@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 19:47:44 +0100
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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