diff --git a/wp-admin/edit.php b/wp-admin/edit.php
index a71c9c01b3..ab71f61031 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit.php
@@ -117,10 +117,10 @@ if ( $doaction ) {
 
 				if ( $post_del->post_type == 'attachment' ) {
 					if ( ! wp_delete_attachment($post_id) )
-						wp_die( __('Error in deleting...') );
+						wp_die( __('Error in deleting.') );
 				} else {
 					if ( !wp_delete_post($post_id) )
-						wp_die( __('Error in deleting...') );
+						wp_die( __('Error in deleting.') );
 				}
 				$deleted++;
 			}
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-comments-list-table.php b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-comments-list-table.php
index af9896d255..148cfd0117 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-comments-list-table.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-comments-list-table.php
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ class WP_Comments_List_Table extends WP_List_Table {
 			$author_url = '';
 		$author_url_display = preg_replace( '|http://(www\.)?|i', '', $author_url );
 		if ( strlen( $author_url_display ) > 50 )
-			$author_url_display = substr( $author_url_display, 0, 49 ) . '...';
+			$author_url_display = substr( $author_url_display, 0, 49 ) . '…';
 
 		echo "<strong>"; comment_author(); echo '</strong><br />';
 		if ( !empty( $author_url ) )
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php b/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
index a7b61310d0..cc72c994d4 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ function wp_dashboard_incoming_links_output() {
 			$publisher = "<strong>$publisher</strong>";
 
 		$content = $item->get_content();
-		$content = wp_html_excerpt($content, 50) . ' ...';
+		$content = wp_html_excerpt($content, 50) . ' &hellip;';
 
 		if ( $link )
 			/* translators: incoming links feed, %1$s is other person, %3$s is content */
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/misc.php b/wp-admin/includes/misc.php
index a1a4680a4d..8d911cbc6a 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/misc.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/misc.php
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ function url_shorten( $url ) {
 	$short_url = str_replace( array( 'http://', 'www.' ), '', $url );
 	$short_url = untrailingslashit( $short_url );
 	if ( strlen( $short_url ) > 35 )
-		$short_url = substr( $short_url, 0, 32 ) . '...';
+		$short_url = substr( $short_url, 0, 32 ) . '&hellip;';
 	return $short_url;
 }
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/press-this.php b/wp-admin/press-this.php
index dc39bb3662..b2701156c3 100644
--- a/wp-admin/press-this.php
+++ b/wp-admin/press-this.php
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ $admin_body_class .= ' locale-' . sanitize_html_class( strtolower( str_replace(
 			</div>
 		</div>
 
-		<div id="waiting" style="display: none"><span class="spinner"></span> <span><?php esc_html_e( 'Loading...' ); ?></span></div>
+		<div id="waiting" style="display: none"><span class="spinner"></span> <span><?php esc_html_e( 'Loading&hellip;' ); ?></span></div>
 
 		<div id="extra-fields" style="display: none"></div>
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/theme-editor.php b/wp-admin/theme-editor.php
index 2033a23845..8f95cab11f 100644
--- a/wp-admin/theme-editor.php
+++ b/wp-admin/theme-editor.php
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ default:
 			$functions = wp_doc_link_parse( $content );
 
 			$docs_select = '<select name="docs-list" id="docs-list">';
-			$docs_select .= '<option value="">' . esc_attr__( 'Function Name...' ) . '</option>';
+			$docs_select .= '<option value="">' . esc_attr__( 'Function Name&hellip;' ) . '</option>';
 			foreach ( $functions as $function ) {
 				$docs_select .= '<option value="' . esc_attr( urlencode( $function ) ) . '">' . htmlspecialchars( $function ) . '()</option>';
 			}
diff --git a/wp-admin/upload.php b/wp-admin/upload.php
index db4c5220f3..8dec1302a1 100644
--- a/wp-admin/upload.php
+++ b/wp-admin/upload.php
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ if ( $doaction ) {
 					wp_die( __( 'You are not allowed to move this post to the trash.' ) );
 
 				if ( !wp_trash_post( $post_id ) )
-					wp_die( __( 'Error in moving to trash...' ) );
+					wp_die( __( 'Error in moving to trash.' ) );
 			}
 			$location = add_query_arg( array( 'trashed' => count( $post_ids ), 'ids' => join( ',', $post_ids ) ), $location );
 			break;
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ if ( $doaction ) {
 					wp_die( __( 'You are not allowed to move this post out of the trash.' ) );
 
 				if ( !wp_untrash_post( $post_id ) )
-					wp_die( __( 'Error in restoring from trash...' ) );
+					wp_die( __( 'Error in restoring from trash.' ) );
 			}
 			$location = add_query_arg( 'untrashed', count( $post_ids ), $location );
 			break;
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ if ( $doaction ) {
 					wp_die( __( 'You are not allowed to delete this post.' ) );
 
 				if ( !wp_delete_attachment( $post_id_del ) )
-					wp_die( __( 'Error in deleting...' ) );
+					wp_die( __( 'Error in deleting.' ) );
 			}
 			$location = add_query_arg( 'deleted', count( $post_ids ), $location );
 			break;
diff --git a/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php b/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php
index 20c495c182..ef4ef116ee 100644
--- a/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php
+++ b/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php
@@ -5422,7 +5422,7 @@ class wp_xmlrpc_server extends IXR_Server {
 
 				// prevent really long link text
 				if ( strlen($context[1]) > 100 )
-					$context[1] = substr($context[1], 0, 100) . '...';
+					$context[1] = substr($context[1], 0, 100) . '&#8230;';
 
 				$marker = '<wpcontext>'.$context[1].'</wpcontext>';    // set up our marker
 				$excerpt= str_replace($context[0], $marker, $excerpt); // swap out the link for our marker
@@ -5440,7 +5440,7 @@ class wp_xmlrpc_server extends IXR_Server {
 
 		$pagelinkedfrom = str_replace('&', '&amp;', $pagelinkedfrom);
 
-		$context = '[...] ' . esc_html( $excerpt ) . ' [...]';
+		$context = '[&#8230;] ' . esc_html( $excerpt ) . ' [&#8230;]';
 		$pagelinkedfrom = $wpdb->escape( $pagelinkedfrom );
 
 		$comment_post_ID = (int) $post_ID;
diff --git a/wp-includes/comment-template.php b/wp-includes/comment-template.php
index 1083892038..15d9ee32de 100644
--- a/wp-includes/comment-template.php
+++ b/wp-includes/comment-template.php
@@ -393,8 +393,8 @@ function comment_date( $d = '', $comment_ID = 0 ) {
 /**
  * Retrieve the excerpt of the current comment.
  *
- * Will cut each word and only output the first 20 words with '...' at the end.
- * If the word count is less than 20, then no truncating is done and no '...'
+ * Will cut each word and only output the first 20 words with '&hellip;' at the end.
+ * If the word count is less than 20, then no truncating is done and no '&hellip;'
  * will appear.
  *
  * @since 1.5.0
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ function get_comment_excerpt( $comment_ID = 0 ) {
 	for ($i=0; $i<$k; $i++) {
 		$excerpt .= $blah[$i] . ' ';
 	}
-	$excerpt .= ($use_dotdotdot) ? '...' : '';
+	$excerpt .= ($use_dotdotdot) ? '&hellip;' : '';
 	return apply_filters('get_comment_excerpt', $excerpt);
 }
 
diff --git a/wp-includes/comment.php b/wp-includes/comment.php
index b452856248..fd91b0ec85 100644
--- a/wp-includes/comment.php
+++ b/wp-includes/comment.php
@@ -1753,7 +1753,7 @@ function do_trackbacks($post_id) {
 	else
 		$excerpt = apply_filters('the_excerpt', $post->post_excerpt);
 	$excerpt = str_replace(']]>', ']]&gt;', $excerpt);
-	$excerpt = wp_html_excerpt($excerpt, 252) . '...';
+	$excerpt = wp_html_excerpt($excerpt, 252) . '&#8230;';
 
 	$post_title = apply_filters('the_title', $post->post_title, $post->ID);
 	$post_title = strip_tags($post_title);
diff --git a/wp-includes/formatting.php b/wp-includes/formatting.php
index 6dc87e2d18..246c333bdb 100644
--- a/wp-includes/formatting.php
+++ b/wp-includes/formatting.php
@@ -2161,11 +2161,11 @@ function human_time_diff( $from, $to = '' ) {
  * Generates an excerpt from the content, if needed.
  *
  * The excerpt word amount will be 55 words and if the amount is greater than
- * that, then the string ' [...]' will be appended to the excerpt. If the string
+ * that, then the string ' [&hellip;]' will be appended to the excerpt. If the string
  * is less than 55 words, then the content will be returned as is.
  *
  * The 55 word limit can be modified by plugins/themes using the excerpt_length filter
- * The ' [...]' string can be modified by plugins/themes using the excerpt_more filter
+ * The ' [&hellip;]' string can be modified by plugins/themes using the excerpt_more filter
  *
  * @since 1.5.0
  *
@@ -2182,7 +2182,7 @@ function wp_trim_excerpt($text = '') {
 		$text = apply_filters('the_content', $text);
 		$text = str_replace(']]>', ']]&gt;', $text);
 		$excerpt_length = apply_filters('excerpt_length', 55);
-		$excerpt_more = apply_filters('excerpt_more', ' ' . '[...]');
+		$excerpt_more = apply_filters('excerpt_more', ' ' . '[&hellip;]');
 		$text = wp_trim_words( $text, $excerpt_length, $excerpt_more );
 	}
 	return apply_filters('wp_trim_excerpt', $text, $raw_excerpt);
diff --git a/wp-includes/post-formats.php b/wp-includes/post-formats.php
index 9a9348d244..89fcfd0294 100644
--- a/wp-includes/post-formats.php
+++ b/wp-includes/post-formats.php
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ function get_the_remaining_content( $more_link_text = null, $strip_teaser = fals
 	$post = get_post();
 
 	if ( null === $more_link_text )
-		$more_link_text = __( '(more...)' );
+		$more_link_text = __( '(more&hellip;)' );
 
 	$output = '';
 	$has_teaser = false;
diff --git a/wp-includes/post-template.php b/wp-includes/post-template.php
index 04f19fcdb4..84976fecf9 100644
--- a/wp-includes/post-template.php
+++ b/wp-includes/post-template.php
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ function get_the_content( $more_link_text = null, $strip_teaser = false ) {
 	$post = get_post();
 
 	if ( null === $more_link_text )
-		$more_link_text = __( '(more...)' );
+		$more_link_text = __( '(more&hellip;)' );
 
 	$output = '';
 	$has_teaser = false;
diff --git a/wp-includes/post.php b/wp-includes/post.php
index 1f8d571e89..ab01ebfdf5 100644
--- a/wp-includes/post.php
+++ b/wp-includes/post.php
@@ -3339,7 +3339,7 @@ function trackback_url_list($tb_list, $post_id) {
 		$excerpt = strip_tags($post_excerpt ? $post_excerpt : $post_content);
 
 		if (strlen($excerpt) > 255) {
-			$excerpt = substr($excerpt,0,252) . '...';
+			$excerpt = substr($excerpt,0,252) . '&hellip;';
 		}
 
 		$trackback_urls = explode(',', $tb_list);
diff --git a/wp-login.php b/wp-login.php
index e387764d9d..02b42f911b 100644
--- a/wp-login.php
+++ b/wp-login.php
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ function retrieve_password() {
 	$message = apply_filters('retrieve_password_message', $message, $key);
 
 	if ( $message && !wp_mail($user_email, $title, $message) )
-		wp_die( __('The e-mail could not be sent.') . "<br />\n" . __('Possible reason: your host may have disabled the mail() function...') );
+		wp_die( __('The e-mail could not be sent.') . "<br />\n" . __('Possible reason: your host may have disabled the mail() function.') );
 
 	return true;
 }
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ function register_new_user( $user_login, $user_email ) {
 	$user_pass = wp_generate_password( 12, false);
 	$user_id = wp_create_user( $sanitized_user_login, $user_pass, $user_email );
 	if ( ! $user_id ) {
-		$errors->add( 'registerfail', sprintf( __( '<strong>ERROR</strong>: Couldn&#8217;t register you... please contact the <a href="mailto:%s">webmaster</a> !' ), get_option( 'admin_email' ) ) );
+		$errors->add( 'registerfail', sprintf( __( '<strong>ERROR</strong>: Couldn&#8217;t register you&hellip; please contact the <a href="mailto:%s">webmaster</a> !' ), get_option( 'admin_email' ) ) );
 		return $errors;
 	}
 
diff --git a/wp-trackback.php b/wp-trackback.php
index 581f712067..ef6439ef2f 100644
--- a/wp-trackback.php
+++ b/wp-trackback.php
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ if ( !empty($tb_url) && !empty($title) ) {
 	if ( !pings_open($tb_id) )
 		trackback_response(1, 'Sorry, trackbacks are closed for this item.');
 
-	$title =  wp_html_excerpt( $title, 250 ).'...';
-	$excerpt = wp_html_excerpt( $excerpt, 252 ).'...';
+	$title =  wp_html_excerpt( $title, 250 ) . '&#8230;';
+	$excerpt = wp_html_excerpt( $excerpt, 252 ) . '&#8230;';
 
 	$comment_post_ID = (int) $tb_id;
 	$comment_author = $blog_name;