Quick catch up...
Guimauve, I too am a paper bag fan. Poly bags have been banned in the Vaucluse, where I live, though many wee shops still give them out, but many have moved to paper and I love them, for collecting peelings, wrapping up broken glass for the bin, etc.
Re genders, in French there are several cases where masc/fem makes all the difference. Between a sleeve and a broomhandle, between a vase and sludge, between a sail and a veil. I tend to draw breath before using these words. But there are also words whose gender is a moot point in French, though the Académie Française has doubtless pronounced verdict. When I last checked, 'après-midi' was masculine, though many people make it feminine. And there are weird ones which are masculine in the singular and feminine in the plural(amour, délice).
Wish you'd never asked, eh?
Feier, hope the skin infection clears up fast. I have no advice but much sympathy for the awfulness of administering medicine to young folk.
DS1 used to have quite a French accent when he spoke English, but a friend who came to stay in Aug said he spoke exactly like me. That was after a whole summer spent together with little input from anyone else, so little French being spoken. It's the mistakes that give him away. He's got his tenses sussed in English, which is great as the present perfect is a puzzle for most French speakers, but he translates French expressions word for word (I look a book; Mummy, you're where?; the mummy of Noé, etc.)
Bronze, good luck for a powerless day; hope you get the NHS to respond adequately soon. And no weaning here yet either. I don't know what pincer grip is , so am waiting for the 6-mth magic deadline lest I inflict lasting damage on my baby.
And my credit card has my husband's surname on it, even though I don't use that name. The computer couldn't handle someone who ticked the 'married' box but then used their maiden name.
Boff, I reckon you can't have too many names if they are all good uns. Bonnie Prince Charlie being a case in point.
Frekkles, you need to shout and get those test results asap. And try Boff's suggestion.
And while you're around, have you washed your Amby, and do you really have to hand wash it?? (Not the sheets, the actual hammocky bit).
Phew. Time for a cuppa thé.