President Obama had a little trouble pronouncing the name of Canadian city Mississauga

"No big deal!" -- Canadians
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Chloe Bryan
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President Obama had a little trouble pronouncing the name of Canadian city Mississauga
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"Miss-us-ag-wa?"

President Obama stumbled through the pronunciation of Canadian town Mississauga during Thursday's state dinner in honor of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. 

"This is always tough," the president said, before trying a few times -- unsuccessfully -- to say the name. The audience laughed good-naturedly. Canada is so nice!

Even Mississauga itself didn't take the gaffe personally. "It's all good. It happens to the best of us," the city tweeted.

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Chloe was the shopping editor at Mashable. She was also previously a culture reporter. You can follow her on Twitter at @chloebryan.


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