Index: wp-admin/profile.php
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--- wp-admin/profile.php	(revision 6424)
+++ wp-admin/profile.php	(working copy)
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
 <p><strong><?php _e('Password Strength:'); ?></strong></p>
 <div id="pass-strength-result"><?php _e('Too short'); ?></div>
 <!--[if IE 6]><div id="pass-strength-iesucks"><?php _e("If you weren&#8217;t using this sucky IE6, there would be pretty colors... and cookies!"); ?></div><![endif]-->
-<p><?php _e('Hint: Use upper and lower case characters, numbers and symbols like !"£$%^&( in your password.'); ?></p>
+<p><?php _e('Hint: Use upper and lower case characters, numbers and symbols like !"?$%^&( in your password.'); ?></p>
 </fieldset>
 <?php endif; ?>