Dozens of Texas city names defy conventional English phonics and trip the tongue of tourists and native Texans alike. A previous exercise of mispronunciations around the state elicited readers' chagrin and disbelief over such verbal idiosyncrasies.

The gallery above is a follow-up with contributions from readers who've heard their towns garbled from Jiba to Salinero, Bedias to Quiteque, as well as ones that should be simple and aren't, like Humble and Cross Plains.