diff --git a/wp-admin/custom-header.php b/wp-admin/custom-header.php
index d18ed87beb..731dbda268 100644
--- a/wp-admin/custom-header.php
+++ b/wp-admin/custom-header.php
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ Event.observe( window, 'load', hide_text );
 <input type="button" value="<?php _e('Hide Text'); ?>" onclick="hide_text()" id="hidetext" />
 <input type="button" value="<?php _e('Select a Text Color'); ?>" onclick="colorSelect($('textcolor'), 'pickcolor')" id="pickcolor" /><input type="button" value="<?php _e('Use Original Color'); ?>" onclick="colorDefault()" id="defaultcolor" />
 <?php wp_nonce_field('custom-header') ?>
-<input type="hidden" name="textcolor" id="textcolor" value="#<?php attribute_escape(header_textcolor()) ?>" /><input name="submit" type="submit" value="<?php _e('Save Changes'); ?> &raquo;" /></form>
+<input type="hidden" name="textcolor" id="textcolor" value="#<?php attribute_escape(header_textcolor()) ?>" /><input name="submit" type="submit" value="<?php _e('Save Changes &raquo;'); ?>" /></form>
 <?php } ?>
 
 <div id="colorPickerDiv" style="z-index: 100;background:#eee;border:1px solid #ccc;position:absolute;visibility:hidden;"> </div>
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ Event.observe( window, 'load', hide_text );
 <input type="hidden" name="action" value="save" />
 <?php wp_nonce_field('custom-header') ?>
 <p class="submit">
-<input type="submit" value="<?php _e('Upload'); ?> &raquo;" />
+<input type="submit" value="<?php _e('Upload &raquo;'); ?>" />
 </p>
 </form>
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/template.php b/wp-admin/includes/template.php
index 4422fbf98b..3a0a017692 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/template.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/template.php
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ function wp_import_upload_form( $action ) {
 <input type="hidden" name="max_file_size" value="<?php echo $bytes; ?>" />
 </p>
 <p class="submit">
-<input type="submit" value="<?php _e( 'Upload file and import' ); ?> &raquo;" />
+<input type="submit" value="<?php _e( 'Upload file and import &raquo;' ); ?>" />
 </p>
 </form>
 <?php
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/upload.php b/wp-admin/includes/upload.php
index 141182a475..2dd7cb0f34 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/upload.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/upload.php
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ function wp_upload_form() {
 <?php	endif; ?>
 					<?php wp_nonce_field( 'inlineuploading' ); ?>
 					<div class="submit">
-						<input type="submit" value="<?php $id ? _e('Save') : _e('Upload'); ?> &raquo;" />
+						<input type="submit" value="<?php $id ? _e('Save &raquo;') : _e('Upload &raquo;'); ?>" />
 					</div>
 				</td>
 			</tr>
diff --git a/wp-admin/index-extra.php b/wp-admin/index-extra.php
index eee632218c..14cde5f5b4 100644
--- a/wp-admin/index-extra.php
+++ b/wp-admin/index-extra.php
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ $post = preg_replace( '|.+?:(.+)|s', '$1', $item['title'] );
 	}
 ?>
 </ul>
-<p class="readmore"><a href="<?php echo apply_filters( 'dashboard_secondary_link', 'http://planet.wordpress.org/' ); ?>"><?php _e('Read more'); ?> &raquo;</a></p>
+<p class="readmore"><a href="<?php echo apply_filters( 'dashboard_secondary_link', 'http://planet.wordpress.org/' ); ?>"><?php _e('Read more &raquo;'); ?></a></p>
 <?php
 }
 break;
diff --git a/wp-admin/index.php b/wp-admin/index.php
index c448cbadd6..8c3577fdfd 100644
--- a/wp-admin/index.php
+++ b/wp-admin/index.php
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ $numcomments = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE commen
 if ( $comments || $numcomments ) :
 ?>
 <div>
-<h3><?php _e('Comments'); ?> <a href="edit-comments.php" title="<?php _e('More comments...'); ?>">&raquo;</a></h3>
+<h3><?php printf( __( 'Comments <a href="%s" title="More comments&#8230;">&raquo;</a>' ), 'edit-comments.php' ); ?></h3> 
 
 <?php if ( $numcomments ) : ?>
-<p><strong><a href="moderation.php"><?php echo sprintf(__('Comments in moderation (%s)'), number_format_i18n($numcomments) ); ?> &raquo;</a></strong></p>
+<p><strong><a href="moderation.php"><?php echo sprintf(__('Comments in moderation (%s) &raquo;'), number_format_i18n($numcomments) ); ?></a></strong></p>
 <?php endif; ?>
 
 <ul>
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ foreach ($comments as $comment) {
 if ( $recentposts = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT ID, post_title FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_type = 'post' AND " . get_private_posts_cap_sql('post') . " AND post_date_gmt < '$today' ORDER BY post_date DESC LIMIT 5") ) :
 ?>
 <div>
-<h3><?php _e('Posts'); ?> <a href="edit.php" title="<?php _e('More posts...'); ?>">&raquo;</a></h3>
+<h3><?php printf( __( 'Posts <a href="%s" title="More posts&#8230;">&raquo;</a>' ), 'edit.php' ); ?></h3>
 <ul>
 <?php
 foreach ($recentposts as $post) {
diff --git a/wp-admin/link-manager.php b/wp-admin/link-manager.php
index 04bd52a1c0..8141af0f08 100644
--- a/wp-admin/link-manager.php
+++ b/wp-admin/link-manager.php
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ if ( $links ) {
 
 <div id="ajax-response"></div>
 
-<p class="submit"><input type="submit" class="button" name="deletebookmarks" id="deletebookmarks" value="<?php _e('Delete Checked Links') ?> &raquo;" onclick="return confirm('<?php echo js_escape(__("You are about to delete these links permanently.\n'Cancel' to stop, 'OK' to delete.")); ?>')" /></p>
+<p class="submit"><input type="submit" class="button" name="deletebookmarks" id="deletebookmarks" value="<?php _e('Delete Checked Links &raquo;') ?>" onclick="return confirm('<?php echo js_escape(__("You are about to delete these links permanently.\n'Cancel' to stop, 'OK' to delete.")); ?>')" /></p>
 </form>
 
 <?php } ?>
diff --git a/wp-admin/page-new.php b/wp-admin/page-new.php
index 7ed2cfa70f..6e0494f101 100644
--- a/wp-admin/page-new.php
+++ b/wp-admin/page-new.php
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ require_once('admin-header.php');
 ?>
 
 <?php if ( (isset($_GET['posted']) && $_GET['posted'])  || isset($_GET['saved'])  ) : ?>
-<div id="message" class="updated fade"><p><strong><?php _e('Page saved.') ?></strong> <a href="edit-pages.php"><?php _e('Manage pages'); ?></a> | <a href="<?php echo get_page_link( isset($_GET['posted']) ? $_GET['posted'] : $_GET['saved'] ); ?>"><?php _e('View page') ; ?> &raquo;</a></p></div>
+<div id="message" class="updated fade"><p><strong><?php _e('Page saved.') ?></strong> <a href="edit-pages.php"><?php _e('Manage pages'); ?></a> | <a href="<?php echo get_page_link( isset($_GET['posted']) ? $_GET['posted'] : $_GET['saved'] ); ?>"><?php _e('View page &raquo;') ; ?></a></p></div>
 <?php endif; ?>
 
 <?php
diff --git a/wp-admin/post-new.php b/wp-admin/post-new.php
index e2c978bbc9..6d92fe782b 100644
--- a/wp-admin/post-new.php
+++ b/wp-admin/post-new.php
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ When you&#8217;re promoted, just reload this page and you&#8217;ll be able to bl
 }
 
 if ( isset($_GET['posted']) && $_GET['posted'] ) : ?>
-<div id="message" class="updated fade"><p><strong><?php _e('Post saved.'); ?></strong> <a href="<?php echo get_permalink( $_GET['posted'] ); ?>"><?php _e('View post'); ?> &raquo;</a></p></div>
+<div id="message" class="updated fade"><p><strong><?php _e('Post saved.'); ?></strong> <a href="<?php echo get_permalink( $_GET['posted'] ); ?>"><?php _e('View post &raquo;'); ?></a></p></div>
 <?php
 endif;
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ if ( $drafts = get_users_drafts( $user_ID ) ) { ?>
 	}
 
 	if ( 15 < count($drafts) ) { ?>
-		, <a href="edit.php"><?php echo sprintf(__('and %s more'), (count($drafts) - 15) ); ?> &raquo;</a>
+		, <a href="edit.php"><?php echo sprintf(__('and %s more &raquo;'), (count($drafts) - 15) ); ?></a>
 	<?php } ?>
 .</p>
 </div>