> Boston in particular and New England as a whole has a wide array of words referring to the corner store. The most interesting is spa
And of course "spa" is pronounced "spar".
And of course "spa" is pronounced "spar".
We do call our liquor stores "packies," though, which comes from package store. :)
But now that I think about it, I grew up in a town that, at least forty years ago was rural. The local shop was simply referred to as, "Clyde's" after the man who owned it.
Perhaps they used to be in that area too, and the name stuck even if the business did not?