What the French really think about the Olympics

"They won't say it, but many French are gutted to have lost the bid," reports a Brit living in France who emails the BBC on alleged Gallic envy of the London Olympics.

Leesten, I will say zis only once.

The French are not blessed with our Anglo-Saxon reserve. If they feel something, they tell you about it.

If they don't talk about being gutted over the Olympics, it is because they aren't.

They have seen London's bill rise from £2,500 million to £12,000 million and are probably thinking zut, alors, thank heaven Paris didn't win the bid.