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

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: La Petaudiere at dusk.
From: "philippe.amard" <philippe.amard@xxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 20:52:53 +0200
Le 7 juin 10 à 20:47, Piers Hemy a écrit :

>
> Bedlam, a corruption of Bethlem (Bethlehem), the name of a psychiatric
> hospital formerly in the City of London.
>

Oh yes I know  - La pétaudière comes from King Pétaud whose court  
consisted of loonies I am told.
That could be the link then.
But bear garden or pit ???

Thanks
Ph

> I'll leave you all to work out the rest, but this might help:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlem_Royal_Hospital
>
> Piers
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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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