>Eaton, and Barry Sears all say PA'-le-o.  That is the standard American
>pronunciation as spoken by--gasp, horrors, yes!--educated people.  Sounding
>funny to your Canuck ears does not make it Yankee wrong.  'Nuff said.
>Figure that one out.

Hi Theola

I missed William's email but I would say that the standard Candian way of
pronouncing the word is the same as the American way - although to be
truthful I have't heard too many people say the word in the first place. Its
pronounciation is similar to the word paleontology which also uses the hard
"A" ("ay") and hard "E: ("ee"). Other softer As would make it sound British,
to my (Canadian) ears.

Marilyn