[JeeperFreeper]

It's pronounced " Pal-eh-steen".

[brazoschick]

Thank You! I am so glad somebody finally set the record straight. This has been driving me crazy since that terrible day.

[jeremiah]

That is how the peoples in the Middle East also pronounce it. Source, Michael Medved.

[davetex]

Whack job alert.

[SwinneySwitch]

I thought it was "Pal-us-teen"?

I called my mother from Italy, TX once! She asked, "What are you doing in Italy?" I said "Eating a burger at the Dairy Queen.";^}