The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #32707   Message #431877
Posted By: Geoff the Duck
03-Apr-01 - 07:40 AM
Thread Name: Help: Origin of word 'maudlin'?
Subject: RE: Help: Origin of word 'maudlin'?
Going back to the start of this thread, am I not correct in an understanding that "Bedlam" the institution was correctly called Bethlehem and the later meaning of the word as a cacophony was due to the noise created by the inmates.
GtD