And yet, all Canadians know how to say Mississippi.
Being president of the United States is hard. You have an army to command, an economy to save, and multi-syllabled Canadian city names to pronounce.
Joshua Roberts / Reuters
During the customary speechifying at the state dinner for Justin Trudeau, Obama spoke of visiting Canada before he became president with his family.
In addition to going to Burlington, Toronto, and Niagara Falls, he said he went to Mississauga.
Or, as he called it, Miss-iss-swa-aa-ga.
Yikes.