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Bodegas (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 39 points 5 months ago (4 children)

here bodegă means a cheap, low-quality and often run-down bar/pub, I think that's close to its original meaning - wine cellar/warehouse. How did USA go from that to corner shop, I wonder

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  • [–] 18 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Now I'm not from NY and I agree that it's mostly a corner shop, the only connection to that that I can think of is that usually bodegas will have a kind of deli section where you can buy prepared foods. Usually sandwiches, sometimes things like tacos or rice plates.

    I think new yorkers don't get that that's common across corner stores around the US.

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  • [–] 18 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    So, a corner store?

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Yep, that's what I said.

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  • [–] 0 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    You tried making the distinction between a corner store and a bodega. Yet both of them have a deli section.

    They are just synonyms, aren't they?

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