Since

    I've probably mentioned it before, but it still makes me crazy. There ought to be a way to fix this! Businesses advertize "Locally owned since 1966," and would-be standup comics like me always say something like, "Well what was it before?" Again again again again, I realize that this isn't the most important question facing the world at this moment, but there ought to be a fix. I think it's something to do with all the verb tenses and moods that English has dropped over the centuries; I bet they don't have this problem in French! Or maybe people just need bigger signs. "Locally owned since our founding in 1966" seems to do it, or the equivalent, "Founded in 1966, locally owned ever since." Of course, my preference would be "Locally owned since 1966, before that run by The Mob." That's certainly what MY business sign will say!
    Seriously(ish), the missing words are implied, but not well. The solution would be to put them on the sign, but tiny:
Locally
owned
since
(You'll have to imagine this line is tiny since I can't choose font size) our founding in
1966
And now I'm happy.