diff --git a/src/wp-includes/formatting.php b/src/wp-includes/formatting.php
index 6b3cf54a92..46922c752a 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/formatting.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/formatting.php
@@ -102,11 +102,16 @@ function wptexturize( $text, $reset = false ) {
 		if ( isset($wp_cockneyreplace) ) {
 			$cockney = array_keys( $wp_cockneyreplace );
 			$cockneyreplace = array_values( $wp_cockneyreplace );
-		} elseif ( "'" != $apos ) { // Only bother if we're doing a replacement.
-			$cockney = array( "'tain't", "'twere", "'twas", "'tis", "'twill", "'til", "'bout", "'nuff", "'round", "'cause", "'em" );
-			$cockneyreplace = array( $apos . "tain" . $apos . "t", $apos . "twere", $apos . "twas", $apos . "tis", $apos . "twill", $apos . "til", $apos . "bout", $apos . "nuff", $apos . "round", $apos . "cause", $apos . "em" );
 		} else {
-			$cockney = $cockneyreplace = array();
+			/* translators: This is a comma-separated list of words that defy the syntax of quotations in normal use,
+			 * for example...  'We do not have enough words yet' ... is a typical quoted phrase.  But when we write
+			 * lines of code 'til we have enough of 'em, then we need to insert apostrophes instead of quotes.
+			 */
+			$cockney = explode( ',', _x( "'tain't,'twere,'twas,'tis,'twill,'til,'bout,'nuff,'round,'cause,'em",
+				'Comma-separated list of words to texturize in your language' ) );
+
+			$cockneyreplace = explode( ',', _x( '’tain’t,’twere,’twas,’tis,’twill,’til,’bout,’nuff,’round,’cause,’em',
+				'Comma-separated list of replacement words in your language' ) );
 		}
 
 		$static_characters = array_merge( array( '...', '``', '\'\'', ' (tm)' ), $cockney );
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/formatting/WPTexturize.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/formatting/WPTexturize.php
index 0eb08e2ed4..dea7684edf 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/formatting/WPTexturize.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/formatting/WPTexturize.php
@@ -1529,6 +1529,8 @@ class Tests_Formatting_WPTexturize extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 			case '”' : return '!closeq2!';
 			case '′' : return '!prime1!';
 			case '″' : return '!prime2!';
+			case '’tain’t,’twere,’twas,’tis,’twill,’til,’bout,’nuff,’round,’cause,’em' : 
+				return '!apos!tain!apos!t,!apos!twere,!apos!twas,!apos!tis,!apos!twill,!apos!til,!apos!bout,!apos!nuff,!apos!round,!apos!cause,!apos!em';
 			default : return $translations;
 		}
 	}