As previously noted, we’re an overeducated metro area, one in which there’s no excuse for distracting drivers with improper uses of the English language. So Roadguy admits to feeling a twinge of metropolitan superiority when he saw this sign at a real estate agency in the middle of nowhere in Wisconsin:

I sometimes “wonder” what would happen to the “economy” if all the superfluous quotation “marks” were eliminated — would paint and ink prices plummet? At least I was able to write off the sign as a bit of rustic quaintness — until, much closer to home, I drove past this:

Sigh. I couldn’t help but imagine Stephen Colbert making air quotes with his fingers and saying the word “trading” in his inimitable tone. Of course, one might argue that quotation marks are appropriate because it’s not actually trading — you can’t just walk in with two chickens and a goat and drive off in a Civic. Still, the whole thing makes Roadguy yearn for a giant red pen (or perhaps a giant eraser) and some seriously long arms.

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