Completely stupid question...

[C&A]

...but we're heading to CSS in September for our first visit to any Couples resort. Stupid Question Du Jour: How do you pronounce Sans Souci? Give it to me fonetiklee, please. Muchas Gracias.

[Taylor5rx]

San Sooo See

[blridgway]

Hey! So happy for you guys! We have booked this for Oct. 2013, our 25th anniversary, it will be our first time to a Couples, or AI, or out of the country together! I hope you have a great time and if you get the chance post a review, I ~love~ to read those and sometimes people say things that turn out to be great tips that I add to my notebook! I am curious how people pronounce it too, we say "Sans" like Sand without the "d", and "Souci" like the Japanese word for Sushi, so "San Sue-she" ... but I don't know if that's right or not!

[fawnridge]

sanz soo see

[KAL3876]

San Soocie

[gonegril]

sahn sooo SEE....but don't worry - your pronunciation will get much better after a few rum punches!!

[Pamela]

The keyboard doesn't contain the symbols necessary to spell the phrase phonetically, but perhaps this will help: sanz soo-see.

[AAA]

If you are my husband you pronounce it San Sushi....no serously he refuses to say it correctly.

[dank120]

San Sue-see

[ssbeachlover]

sahns sue see

[Cigar Dude]

San Sue-see

Another pronounciation would be heh-vin!

[C&A]

Thanks to all. Now we won't be the obvious newbies that everyone snickers at. At least not in this way.

[Allans_Angel]

Thank you, thank you, thank you to all the people who pronounce it correctly! No Sushi! :-D

[Murtle]

It is french and means 'without care'. The 'Sans' part is pronounced just like the final part of the word liaison; as in ON that starts with an s (but not pronounced like Son -which would be sun! Jeez |English is hard, especially when it's French!) Souci is pronounced soo see. S'on soo see. See?

Whilst I am on the subject (and in Pedantry mode!) Au Natural should really be Au Naturelle.

Pedantry done. Over and out.

[dank120]

THE Definitive Answer!!!

Just to clear some of these pronunciation tips, it's not sanz, it's san. Sans is French for "without", and the second "s" is silent.

Souci, pron "sue-see" is French for "care".

Sans souci translates to "without care", which is a perfect name for a Coupels Resort in Jamaica!