On 03/15/2016 04:03 PM, Mr Macaw wrote:
When speaking French or German, I don't care about the sexes. The worst
that can happen is they laugh at you for getting it wrong. I once
(although this is mispronunciation not gender) asked for a loaf of
champagne in France instead of a loaf of bread. The words are the same
but with an H in one of them. The shopkeeper laughed hysterically then
told me how to pronounce the C correctly while doing funny hand gestures.

You should have asked for 'le pain' and he would have given you some.