This was the talk with Álex O'Dogherty at the SUR Culture Classroom

For over five years, Álex O'Dogherty toured all over Spain with his show 'Imbécil', where he asked the audience for words from their ... land. Show by show, the actor and stand-up comedian collected curious terms until he gathered more than 1,500. All of them are in 'Palabrerío ibérico', a fun and curious book that captures the oral identity of each town, which he presented today at the SUR Culture Classroom, in the Victoria Beer Factory, alongside journalist Regina Sotorrío.

Álex O'Dogherty realized how important these words were for each town and the pride people feel for them; that's why he was encouraged to publish them. Some are listed in the RAE, others appear in local dictionaries, and many are invented. Words like 'Sapoconcho', 'Cuzo', 'Güito', 'Borles', or 'Cipollo' and expressions like 'Noniná', 'A joropo sacao', or 'En tiringuingui' make up his 'Palabrerío ibérico'.

The book, with a foreword by linguistic popularizer and professor Elena Herraiz, also includes a section of "curious greetings" and the favorite words from their province of 52 artists, including José Mota, Kira Miró, Berto Romero, and Ana Milán, among others.

Thus, Álex O'Dogherty joins the programming for the last quarter of the SUR Culture Classroom, a cycle sponsored by Fundación Unicaja and Cervezas Victoria, which in recent months has featured Nativel Preciado, Paloma San Basilio, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, José Antonio Marina, Juan Jacinto Muñoz Rengel, Daniel Guzmán, and Salva Reina, among many others.