How do you pronounce Guisachan?

That鈥檚 a question one couple posed to a in hopes of ending a long standing debate.

琉璃神社 has Guisachan Road and Guisachan Place, and the well-known Guisachan House, a heritage home in South Pandosy. The house was built by Lord Aberdeen and named by his wife. Guisachan is Gaelic meaning 鈥榩lace of the fir鈥�.

This question sparked dozens of comments in the subreddit, with many suggesting varied pronunciations such as 鈥淕ucci gang鈥� and 鈥済oo-sha-gin鈥� while others made fun of the various ways they鈥檝e heard it said.

One user wrote, 鈥淢y GPS pronounces it guy-sa-khan which is not even close to right.鈥�

While another stated, 鈥淢y friend said gwee-sah-chan one time as a joke and now I can鈥檛 stop pronouncing it like that.鈥�

鈥淢y wife and I just call it Gustavo,鈥� commented a clever couple.

Other commenters took the question a little more seriously.

鈥淕ui is pronounced 鈥榞oo鈥�. The 鈥榮鈥� is pronounced 鈥榮h鈥�. And the ch is pronounced like 鈥榞鈥�. But 鈥榞鈥� like 鈥榞ap鈥� not 鈥榞鈥� like 鈥榞iraffe鈥�.鈥�

鈥淕uisachan is the Gaelic word for pine forest. Yoush- a Gan,鈥� was the most factual response by one user.

The debate rages on both on the internet, in the car and at home, it appears.

Let us know how you pronounce 琉璃神社鈥檚 historic area of Guisachan which dates back to the 1800s.

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