diff --git a/wp-admin/comment.php b/wp-admin/comment.php
index 2406f177dc..cfb09249a2 100644
--- a/wp-admin/comment.php
+++ b/wp-admin/comment.php
@@ -60,13 +60,13 @@ case 'mac' :
 <?php
 if ( 'spam' == $_GET['dt'] ) {
 	$caution_msg = __('You are about to mark the following comment as spam:');
-	$button = __('Spam Comment &raquo;');
+	$button = __('Spam Comment');
 } elseif ( 'cdc' == $action ) {
 	$caution_msg = __('You are about to delete the following comment:');
-	$button = __('Delete Comment &raquo;');
+	$button = __('Delete Comment');
 } else {
 	$caution_msg = __('You are about to approve the following comment:');
-	$button = __('Approve Comment &raquo;');
+	$button = __('Approve Comment');
 }
 ?>
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/custom-header.php b/wp-admin/custom-header.php
index f4d51e4af7..ab4406bf50 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'); ?>" /></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'); ?>" />
 </p>
 </form>
 
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ Event.observe( window, 'load', hide_text );
 <input type="hidden" name="attachment_id" id="attachment_id" value="<?php echo $id; ?>" />
 <input type="hidden" name="oitar" id="oitar" value="<?php echo $oitar; ?>" />
 <?php wp_nonce_field('custom-header') ?>
-<input type="submit" value="<?php _e('Crop Header &raquo;'); ?>" />
+<input type="submit" value="<?php _e('Crop Header'); ?>" />
 </p>
 
 </form>
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-category-form.php b/wp-admin/edit-category-form.php
index 61a212e48b..701ba0e705 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-category-form.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-category-form.php
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 <?php
 if ( ! empty($cat_ID) ) {
 	$heading = __('Edit Category');
-	$submit_text = __('Edit Category &raquo;');
+	$submit_text = __('Edit Category');
 	$form = '<form name="editcat" id="editcat" method="post" action="categories.php">';
 	$action = 'editedcat';
 	$nonce_action = 'update-category_' . $cat_ID;
 	do_action('edit_category_form_pre', $category);
 } else {
 	$heading = __('Add Category');
-	$submit_text = __('Add Category &raquo;');
+	$submit_text = __('Add Category');
 	$form = '<form name="addcat" id="addcat" method="post" action="categories.php" class="add:the-list:">';
 	$action = 'addcat';
 	$nonce_action = 'add-category';
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-comments.php b/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
index 5cfe8ee44d..8bb3462346 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
@@ -158,8 +158,8 @@ if ( $extra_comments ) : ?>
 		} // end foreach
 	?></tbody>
 </table>
-<p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="delete_button" class="delete" value="<?php _e('Delete Checked Comments &raquo;') ?>" onclick="var numchecked = getNumChecked(document.getElementById('deletecomments')); if(numchecked < 1) { alert('<?php echo js_escape(__("Please select some comments to delete")); ?>'); return false } return confirm('<?php echo sprintf(js_escape(__("You are about to delete %s comments permanently \n  'Cancel' to stop, 'OK' to delete.")), "' + numchecked + '"); ?>')" />
-			<input type="submit" name="spam_button" value="<?php _e('Mark Checked Comments as Spam &raquo;') ?>" onclick="var numchecked = getNumChecked(document.getElementById('deletecomments')); if(numchecked < 1) { alert('<?php echo js_escape(__("Please select some comments to mark as spam")); ?>'); return false } return confirm('<?php echo sprintf(js_escape(__("You are about to mark %s comments as spam \n  'Cancel' to stop, 'OK' to mark as spam.")), "' + numchecked + '"); ?>')" /></p>
+<p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="delete_button" class="delete" value="<?php _e('Delete Checked Comments') ?>" onclick="var numchecked = getNumChecked(document.getElementById('deletecomments')); if(numchecked < 1) { alert('<?php echo js_escape(__("Please select some comments to delete")); ?>'); return false } return confirm('<?php echo sprintf(js_escape(__("You are about to delete %s comments permanently \n  'Cancel' to stop, 'OK' to delete.")), "' + numchecked + '"); ?>')" />
+			<input type="submit" name="spam_button" value="<?php _e('Mark Checked Comments as Spam') ?>" onclick="var numchecked = getNumChecked(document.getElementById('deletecomments')); if(numchecked < 1) { alert('<?php echo js_escape(__("Please select some comments to mark as spam")); ?>'); return false } return confirm('<?php echo sprintf(js_escape(__("You are about to mark %s comments as spam \n  'Cancel' to stop, 'OK' to mark as spam.")), "' + numchecked + '"); ?>')" /></p>
   </form>
 <div id="ajax-response"></div>
 <?php
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-form-comment.php b/wp-admin/edit-form-comment.php
index 17e259db8c..124bd1bcb4 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-form-comment.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-form-comment.php
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?php
-$submitbutton_text = __('Edit Comment &raquo;');
+$submitbutton_text = __('Edit Comment');
 $toprow_title = sprintf(__('Editing Comment # %s'), $comment->comment_ID);
 $form_action = 'editedcomment';
 $form_extra = "' />\n<input type='hidden' name='comment_ID' value='" . $comment->comment_ID . "' />\n<input type='hidden' name='comment_post_ID' value='" . $comment->comment_post_ID;
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-form.php b/wp-admin/edit-form.php
index 87979bc3db..0f939f77d3 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-form.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-form.php
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ edCanvas = document.getElementById('content');
 <?php endif; ?>
 
 <?php if ('bookmarklet' != $mode) {
-		echo '<input name="advanced" type="submit" id="advancededit" tabindex="7" value="' .  __('Advanced Editing &raquo;') . '" />';
+		echo '<input name="advanced" type="submit" id="advancededit" tabindex="7" value="' .  __('Advanced Editing') . '" />';
 	} ?>
 	<input name="referredby" type="hidden" id="referredby" value="<?php if ( $refby = wp_get_referer() ) echo urlencode($refby); ?>" />
 </p>
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-link-category-form.php b/wp-admin/edit-link-category-form.php
index 580a14f088..d0eaaa9f6f 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-link-category-form.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-link-category-form.php
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 <?php
 if ( ! empty($cat_ID) ) {
 	$heading = __('Edit Category');
-	$submit_text = __('Edit Category &raquo;');
+	$submit_text = __('Edit Category');
 	$form = '<form name="editcat" id="editcat" method="post" action="link-category.php">';
 	$action = 'editedcat';
 	$nonce_action = 'update-link-category_' . $cat_ID;
 	do_action('edit_link_category_form_pre', $category);
 } else {
 	$heading = __('Add Category');
-	$submit_text = __('Add Category &raquo;');
+	$submit_text = __('Add Category');
 	$form = '<form name="addcat" id="addcat" class="add:the-list:" method="post" action="link-category.php">';
 	$action = 'addcat';
 	$nonce_action = 'add-link-category';
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-link-form.php b/wp-admin/edit-link-form.php
index fa46f70e02..5a5e9e79d2 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-link-form.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-link-form.php
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 <?php
 if ( ! empty($link_id) ) {
 	$heading = __('Edit Link');
-	$submit_text = __('Save Changes &raquo;');
+	$submit_text = __('Save Changes');
 	$form = '<form name="editlink" id="editlink" method="post" action="link.php">';
 	$nonce_action = 'update-bookmark_' . $link_id;
 } else {
 	$heading = __('Add Link');
-	$submit_text = __('Add Link &raquo;');
+	$submit_text = __('Add Link');
 	$form = '<form name="addlink" id="addlink" method="post" action="link.php">';
 	$nonce_action = 'add-bookmark';
 }
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-tag-form.php b/wp-admin/edit-tag-form.php
index 155d791e83..b779ec1f00 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-tag-form.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-tag-form.php
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 <?php
 if ( ! empty($tag_ID) ) {
 	$heading = __('Edit Tag');
-	$submit_text = __('Edit Tag &raquo;');
+	$submit_text = __('Edit Tag');
 	$form = '<form name="edittag" id="edittag" method="post" action="edit-tags.php">';
 	$action = 'editedtag';
 	$nonce_action = 'update-tag_' . $tag_ID;
 	do_action('edit_tag_form_pre', $tag);
 } else {
 	$heading = __('Add Tag');
-	$submit_text = __('Add Tag &raquo;');
+	$submit_text = __('Add Tag');
 	$form = '<form name="addtag" id="addtag" method="post" action="edit-tags.php" class="add:the-list:">';
 	$action = 'addtag';
 	$nonce_action = 'add-tag';
diff --git a/wp-admin/export.php b/wp-admin/export.php
index 996595d15c..58c5fae7ab 100644
--- a/wp-admin/export.php
+++ b/wp-admin/export.php
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ foreach ( $authors as $id ) {
 </td>
 </tr>
 </table>
-<p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="<?php _e('Download Export File'); ?> &raquo;" />
+<p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="<?php _e('Download Export File'); ?>" />
 <input type="hidden" name="download" value="true" />
 </p>
 </form>
diff --git a/wp-admin/import/blogger.php b/wp-admin/import/blogger.php
index e841388c95..dfaf4fb53e 100644
--- a/wp-admin/import/blogger.php
+++ b/wp-admin/import/blogger.php
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ class Blogger_Import {
 		$blogtitle = "{$blog['title']} ({$blog['host']})";
 		$mapthis = __('Blogger username');
 		$tothis = __('WordPress login');
-		$submit = js_escape( __('Save Changes &raquo;') );
+		$submit = js_escape( __('Save Changes') );
 
 		foreach ( $blog['authors'] as $i => $author )
 			$rows .= "<tr><td><label for='authors[$i]'>{$author[0]}</label></td><td><select name='authors[$i]' id='authors[$i]'>" . $this->get_user_options($author[1]) . "</select></td></tr>";
diff --git a/wp-admin/import/btt.php b/wp-admin/import/btt.php
index d3b135d894..c1d84590bc 100644
--- a/wp-admin/import/btt.php
+++ b/wp-admin/import/btt.php
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class BunnyTags_Import {
 		echo '<p><strong>'.__('Don&#8217;t be stupid - backup your database before proceeding!').'</strong></p>';
 		echo '<form action="admin.php?import=btt&amp;step=1" method="post">';
 		wp_nonce_field('import-btt');
-		echo '<p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="'.__('Import Tags &raquo;').'" /></p>';
+		echo '<p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="'.__('Import Tags').'" /></p>';
 		echo '</form>';
 		echo '</div>';
 	}
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class BunnyTags_Import {
 
 		echo '<form action="admin.php?import=btt&amp;step='.($precheck? 2:3).'" method="post">';
 		wp_nonce_field('import-btt');
-		echo '<p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="'.__('Next &raquo;').'" /></p>';
+		echo '<p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="'.__('Next').'" /></p>';
 		echo '</form>';
 		echo '</div>';
 	}
diff --git a/wp-admin/import/dotclear.php b/wp-admin/import/dotclear.php
index 561d57a0f2..774d6d9a7c 100644
--- a/wp-admin/import/dotclear.php
+++ b/wp-admin/import/dotclear.php
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class Dotclear_Import {
 		echo '<form action="admin.php?import=dotclear&amp;step=1" method="post">';
 		wp_nonce_field('import-dotclear');
 		$this->db_form();
-		echo '<p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="'.attribute_escape(__('Import Categories &raquo;')).'" /></p>';
+		echo '<p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="'.attribute_escape(__('Import Categories')).'" /></p>';
 		echo '</form></div>';
 	}
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/import/jkw.php b/wp-admin/import/jkw.php
index 03b74fb019..7886fde11b 100644
--- a/wp-admin/import/jkw.php
+++ b/wp-admin/import/jkw.php
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ class JeromesKeyword_Import {
 		echo '<p><strong>'.__('Don&#8217;t be stupid - backup your database before proceeding!').'</strong></p>';
 		echo '<form action="admin.php?import=jkw&amp;step=1" method="post">';
 		wp_nonce_field('import-jkw');
-		echo '<p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="'.__('Import Version 1.x &raquo;').'" /></p>';
+		echo '<p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="'.__('Import Version 1.x').'" /></p>';
 		echo '</form>';
 		echo '<form action="admin.php?import=jkw&amp;step=3" method="post">';
 		wp_nonce_field('import-jkw');
-		echo '<p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="'.__('Import Version 2.0a &raquo;').'" /></p>';
+		echo '<p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="'.__('Import Version 2.0a').'" /></p>';
 		echo '</form>';
 		echo '</div>';
 	}
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class JeromesKeyword_Import {
 
 		echo '<form action="admin.php?import=jkw&amp;step='.($precheck? 2:6).'" method="post">';
 		wp_nonce_field('import-jkw');
-		echo '<p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="'.__('Next &raquo;').'" /></p>';
+		echo '<p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="'.__('Next').'" /></p>';
 		echo '</form>';
 		echo '</div>';
 	}
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ class JeromesKeyword_Import {
 		}
 		echo '<form action="admin.php?import=jkw&amp;step='.($precheck? 4:5).'" method="post">';
 		wp_nonce_field('import-jkw');
-		echo '<p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="'.__('Next &raquo;').'" /></p>';
+		echo '<p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="'.__('Next').'" /></p>';
 		echo '</form>';
 		echo '</div>';
 	}
diff --git a/wp-admin/import/mt.php b/wp-admin/import/mt.php
index 63ab04748d..06e44fc586 100644
--- a/wp-admin/import/mt.php
+++ b/wp-admin/import/mt.php
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class MT_Import {
 	<input type="hidden" name="upload_type" value="ftp" />
 <?php _e('Or use <code>mt-export.txt</code> in your <code>/wp-content/</code> directory'); ?></p>
 <p class="submit">
-<input type="submit" value="<?php echo attribute_escape(__('Import mt-export.txt &raquo;')); ?>" />
+<input type="submit" value="<?php echo attribute_escape(__('Import mt-export.txt')); ?>" />
 </p>
 </form>
 <p><?php _e('The importer is smart enough not to import duplicates, so you can run this multiple times without worry if&#8212;for whatever reason&#8212;it doesn\'t finish. If you get an <strong>out of memory</strong> error try splitting up the import file into pieces.'); ?> </p>
diff --git a/wp-admin/import/stp.php b/wp-admin/import/stp.php
index 7df798db3c..e89e4a8d36 100644
--- a/wp-admin/import/stp.php
+++ b/wp-admin/import/stp.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class STP_Import {
 		echo '<p><strong>'.__('Don&#8217;t be stupid - backup your database before proceeding!').'</strong></p>';
 		echo '<form action="admin.php?import=stp&amp;step=1" method="post">';
 		wp_nonce_field('import-stp');
-		echo '<p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="'.__('Step 1 &raquo;').'" /></p>';
+		echo '<p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="'.__('Step 1').'" /></p>';
 		echo '</form>';
 		echo '</div>';
 	}
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class STP_Import {
 
 		echo '<form action="admin.php?import=stp&amp;step=2" method="post">';
 		wp_nonce_field('import-stp');
-		echo '<p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="'.__('Step 2 &raquo;').'" /></p>';
+		echo '<p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="'.__('Step 2').'" /></p>';
 		echo '</form>';
 		echo '</div>';
 	}
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class STP_Import {
 		echo '<p>' . sprintf( __ngettext('Done! <strong>%s</strong> tags where added!', 'Done! <strong>%s</strong> tags where added!', $tags_added), $tags_added ) . '<br /></p>';
 		echo '<form action="admin.php?import=stp&amp;step=3" method="post">';
 		wp_nonce_field('import-stp');
-		echo '<p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="'.__('Step 3 &raquo;').'" /></p>';
+		echo '<p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="'.__('Step 3').'" /></p>';
 		echo '</form>';
 		echo '</div>';
 	}
diff --git a/wp-admin/import/textpattern.php b/wp-admin/import/textpattern.php
index c232103e32..1ee7121d5d 100644
--- a/wp-admin/import/textpattern.php
+++ b/wp-admin/import/textpattern.php
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class Textpattern_Import {
 		echo '<form action="admin.php?import=textpattern&amp;step=1" method="post">';
 		wp_nonce_field('import-textpattern');
 		$this->db_form();
-		echo '<p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="'.attribute_escape(__('Import Categories &raquo;')).'" /></p>';
+		echo '<p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="'.attribute_escape(__('Import Categories')).'" /></p>';
 		echo '</form>';
 		echo '</div>';
 	}
diff --git a/wp-admin/import/utw.php b/wp-admin/import/utw.php
index 2d00fd5160..8616be9955 100644
--- a/wp-admin/import/utw.php
+++ b/wp-admin/import/utw.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class UTW_Import {
 		echo '<p>'.__('To accommodate larger databases for those tag-crazy authors out there, we have made this into an easy 5-step program to help you kick that nasty UTW habit. Just keep clicking along and we will let you know when you are in the clear!').'</p>';
 		echo '<p><strong>'.__('Don&#8217;t be stupid - backup your database before proceeding!').'</strong></p>';
 		echo '<form action="admin.php?import=utw&amp;step=1" method="post">';
-		echo '<p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="'.__('Step 1 &raquo;').'" /></p>';
+		echo '<p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="'.__('Step 1').'" /></p>';
 		echo '</form>';
 		echo '</div>';
 	}
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class UTW_Import {
 
 		echo '<form action="admin.php?import=utw&amp;step=2" method="post">';
 		wp_nonce_field('import-utw');
-		echo '<p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="'.__('Step 2 &raquo;').'" /></p>';
+		echo '<p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="'.__('Step 2').'" /></p>';
 		echo '</form>';
 		echo '</div>';
 	}
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ class UTW_Import {
 
 		echo '<form action="admin.php?import=utw&amp;step=3" method="post">';
 		wp_nonce_field('import-utw');
-		echo '<p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="'.__('Step 3 &raquo;').'" /></p>';
+		echo '<p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="'.__('Step 3').'" /></p>';
 		echo '</form>';
 		echo '</div>';
 
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ class UTW_Import {
 
 		echo '<form action="admin.php?import=utw&amp;step=4" method="post">';
 		wp_nonce_field('import-utw');
-		echo '<p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="'.__('Step 4 &raquo;').'" /></p>';
+		echo '<p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="'.__('Step 4').'" /></p>';
 		echo '</form>';
 		echo '</div>';
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/import/wp-cat2tag.php b/wp-admin/import/wp-cat2tag.php
index 7d22e34e73..47fb19b23a 100644
--- a/wp-admin/import/wp-cat2tag.php
+++ b/wp-admin/import/wp-cat2tag.php
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ function check_all_rows() {
 
 		echo '</ul>';
 
-		echo '<p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="' . __('Convert Tags &raquo;') . '" /></p>';
+		echo '<p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="' . __('Convert Tags') . '" /></p>';
 
 		echo '</form>';
 	}
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/media.php b/wp-admin/includes/media.php
index 336bb0889d..1c8e75b921 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/media.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/media.php
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ function get_multimedia_item( $attachment_id, $errors = null, $send = true ) {
 	$description_label = __('Description');
 	$tags_label = __('Tags');
 
-	$toggle_on = __('Describe &raquo;');
+	$toggle_on = __('Describe');
 	$toggle_off = __('Describe &laquo;');
 
 	$post = get_post($attachment_id);
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/template.php b/wp-admin/includes/template.php
index ae4d6ee3fa..097614c833 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/template.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/template.php
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ function meta_form() {
 
 <tr class="submit"><td colspan="3">
 	<?php wp_nonce_field( 'change_meta', '_ajax_nonce', false ); ?>
-	<input type="submit" id="addmetasub" name="addmeta" class="add:the-list:newmeta" tabindex="9" value="<?php _e( 'Add Custom Field &raquo;' ) ?>" />
+	<input type="submit" id="addmetasub" name="addmeta" class="add:the-list:newmeta" tabindex="9" value="<?php _e( 'Add Custom Field' ) ?>" />
 </td></tr>
 </table>
 <?php
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ 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' ); ?>" />
 </p>
 </form>
 <?php
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/upload.php b/wp-admin/includes/upload.php
index a96e316995..8fbecb2e71 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/upload.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/upload.php
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ function wp_upload_form() {
 <?php	endif; ?>
 					<?php wp_nonce_field( 'inlineuploading' ); ?>
 					<div class="submit">
-						<input type="submit" value="<?php $id ? _e('Save &raquo;') : _e('Upload &raquo;'); ?>" />
+						<input type="submit" value="<?php $id ? _e('Save') : _e('Upload'); ?>" />
 					</div>
 				</td>
 			</tr>
diff --git a/wp-admin/install.php b/wp-admin/install.php
index 4e9f6c4e1a..9f73ca1141 100644
--- a/wp-admin/install.php
+++ b/wp-admin/install.php
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ switch($step) {
 ?>
 <h1><?php _e('Welcome'); ?></h1>
 <p><?php printf(__('Welcome to the famous five minute WordPress installation process! You may want to browse the <a href="%s">ReadMe documentation</a> at your leisure.  Otherwise, just fill in the information below and you\'ll be on your way to using the most extendable and powerful personal publishing platform in the world.'), '../readme.html'); ?></p>
-<!--<h2 class="step"><a href="install.php?step=1"><?php _e('First Step &raquo;'); ?></a></h2>-->
+<!--<h2 class="step"><a href="install.php?step=1"><?php _e('First Step'); ?></a></h2>-->
 
 <h1><?php _e('Information needed'); ?></h1>
 <p><?php _e("Please provide the following information.  Don't worry, you can always change these settings later."); ?></p>
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ switch($step) {
 		</tr>
 	</table>
 	<p><em><?php _e('Double-check your email address before continuing.'); ?></em></p>
-	<h2 class="step"><input type="submit" name="Submit" value="<?php _e('Install WordPress &raquo;'); ?>" /></h2>
+	<h2 class="step"><input type="submit" name="Submit" value="<?php _e('Install WordPress'); ?>" /></h2>
 </form>
 
 <?php
diff --git a/wp-admin/link-import.php b/wp-admin/link-import.php
index 89d2988b6f..1d4476cdf9 100644
--- a/wp-admin/link-import.php
+++ b/wp-admin/link-import.php
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ foreach ($categories as $category) {
 ?>
 </select></p>
 
-<p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="<?php _e('Import OPML File &raquo;') ?>" /></p>
+<p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="<?php _e('Import OPML File') ?>" /></p>
 </form>
 
 </div>
diff --git a/wp-admin/moderation.php b/wp-admin/moderation.php
index b241385a33..22437da59e 100644
--- a/wp-admin/moderation.php
+++ b/wp-admin/moderation.php
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ $comments = array_slice( $comments, $start, $stop );
 		</noscript>
 
 		<p class="submit">
-			<input type="submit" id="submit" name="submit" value="<?php _e( 'Bulk Moderate Comments &raquo;' ); ?>" />
+			<input type="submit" id="submit" name="submit" value="<?php _e( 'Bulk Moderate Comments' ); ?>" />
 		</p>
 
 		<script type="text/javascript">
diff --git a/wp-admin/page-new.php b/wp-admin/page-new.php
index 134b9c5559..f09d657841 100644
--- a/wp-admin/page-new.php
+++ b/wp-admin/page-new.php
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ 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') ; ?></a></p></div>
 <?php endif; ?>
 
 <?php
diff --git a/wp-admin/plugin-editor.php b/wp-admin/plugin-editor.php
index 67701a58b1..4003110d7b 100644
--- a/wp-admin/plugin-editor.php
+++ b/wp-admin/plugin-editor.php
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ if ($plugin_files) :
 	<p class="submit">
 	<?php
 		if ( isset($_GET['phperror']) )
-			echo "<input type='hidden' name='phperror' value='1' /><input type='submit' name='submit' value='" . __('Update File and Attempt to Reactivate &raquo;') . "' tabindex='2' />";
+			echo "<input type='hidden' name='phperror' value='1' /><input type='submit' name='submit' value='" . __('Update File and Attempt to Reactivate') . "' tabindex='2' />";
 		else
 			echo "<input type='submit' name='submit' value='" . __('Update File') . "' tabindex='2' />";
 	?>
diff --git a/wp-admin/themes.php b/wp-admin/themes.php
index dd231cf616..45a2a916d9 100644
--- a/wp-admin/themes.php
+++ b/wp-admin/themes.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ require_once('admin-header.php');
 <?php if ( ! validate_current_theme() ) : ?>
 <div id="message1" class="updated fade"><p><?php _e('The active theme is broken.  Reverting to the default theme.'); ?></p></div>
 <?php elseif ( isset($_GET['activated']) ) : ?>
-<div id="message2" class="updated fade"><p><?php printf(__('New theme activated. <a href="%s">View site &raquo;</a>'), get_bloginfo('url') . '/'); ?></p></div>
+<div id="message2" class="updated fade"><p><?php printf(__('New theme activated. <a href="%s">View site</a>'), get_bloginfo('url') . '/'); ?></p></div>
 <?php endif; ?>
 
 <?php
diff --git a/wp-admin/update.php b/wp-admin/update.php
index f4e313b688..6873918781 100644
--- a/wp-admin/update.php
+++ b/wp-admin/update.php
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ endforeach;
 </tr>
 </table>
 <p class="submit">
-<input type="submit" name="submit" value="<?php _e('Proceed &raquo;'); ?>" />
+<input type="submit" name="submit" value="<?php _e('Proceed'); ?>" />
 </p>
 </div>
 </form>
diff --git a/wp-admin/upgrade.php b/wp-admin/upgrade.php
index 1758d4c9b3..dd70e4e3c7 100644
--- a/wp-admin/upgrade.php
+++ b/wp-admin/upgrade.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ else
 
 <h2><?php _e('No Upgrade Required'); ?></h2>
 <p><?php _e('Your WordPress database is already up-to-date!'); ?></p>
-<h2 class="step"><a href="<?php echo get_option('home'); ?>/"><?php _e('Continue &raquo;'); ?></a></h2>
+<h2 class="step"><a href="<?php echo get_option('home'); ?>/"><?php _e('Continue'); ?></a></h2>
 
 <?php else :
 switch($step) :
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ switch($step) :
 <h2><?php _e('Database Upgrade Required'); ?></h2>
 <p><?php _e('Your WordPress database is out-of-date, and must be upgraded before you can continue.'); ?></p>
 <p><?php _e('The upgrade process may take a while, so please be patient.'); ?></p>
-<h2 class="step"><a href="upgrade.php?step=1&amp;backto=<?php echo $goback; ?>"><?php _e('Upgrade WordPress &raquo;'); ?></a></h2>
+<h2 class="step"><a href="upgrade.php?step=1&amp;backto=<?php echo $goback; ?>"><?php _e('Upgrade WordPress'); ?></a></h2>
 <?php
 		break;
 	case 1:
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ switch($step) :
 ?>
 <h2><?php _e('Upgrade Complete'); ?></h2>
 	<p><?php _e('Your WordPress database has been successfully upgraded!'); ?></p>
-	<h2 class="step"><a href="<?php echo $backto; ?>"><?php _e('Continue &raquo;'); ?></a></h2>
+	<h2 class="step"><a href="<?php echo $backto; ?>"><?php _e('Continue'); ?></a></h2>
 
 <!--
 <pre>
diff --git a/wp-admin/user-edit.php b/wp-admin/user-edit.php
index e16cfdad5d..e355bc02b9 100644
--- a/wp-admin/user-edit.php
+++ b/wp-admin/user-edit.php
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ include ('admin-header.php');
 	}
 ?>
 
-<p class="submit"><input type="submit" value="<?php $is_profile_page? _e('Update Profile &raquo;') : _e('Update User &raquo;'); ?>" name="submit" /></p>
+<p class="submit"><input type="submit" value="<?php $is_profile_page? _e('Update Profile') : _e('Update User'); ?>" name="submit" /></p>
 
 <fieldset>
 <legend><?php _e('Name'); ?></legend>
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ if ( $show_password_fields ) :
 <p class="submit">
 	<input type="hidden" name="action" value="update" />
 	<input type="hidden" name="user_id" id="user_id" value="<?php echo $user_id; ?>" />
-	<input type="submit" value="<?php $is_profile_page? _e('Update Profile &raquo;') : _e('Update User &raquo;') ?>" name="submit" />
+	<input type="submit" value="<?php $is_profile_page? _e('Update Profile') : _e('Update User') ?>" name="submit" />
  </p>
 </form>
 </div>