The thing is, you want to avoid giving away your ignorance too early!
It can happen all too quickly if you keep getting the noun genders wrong.
So ...this book said ... just put everything into the plural. [!]
That way, you don't use le or la .. everything is "les" ... ha !! Problem solved.
Of course, it can make shopping a bit expensive ...but it's well worth it.
You can't buy "un" or "une" of anything.
Also, it might sound a bit big-headed if you insist that you have got several houses, lot of racehorses etc.
Anyhow, here's another brilliant gender-avoidance idea for you .... you go into a friend's house, and off you go ..
J'aime l'armoire, l'urne, l'harmonium, l'éponge, l'obus, l'ombrage ....
You step into the garden ...
J'adore l'œillet, l'oiseau,l'affluence,l'abbaye ( it's a big garden), l'ébats ( there''s a party going on), l'échelle, l'églantine ...
You walk down the street ....
Je déteste l'ivresse, l'hystérie, l'égout, l'autorail, l'atelier .....
..and nobody realises you haven't a clue what the gender of any of those was !!
... what could possibly go wrong ?
And now ... Indochine ... " Pink Water" ... l'eau rose .....