Index: formatting.php
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--- formatting.php	(revision 16538)
+++ formatting.php	(working copy)
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
 		$opening_quote = _x('“', 'opening curly quote');
 		/* translators: closing curly quote */
 		$closing_quote = _x('”', 'closing curly quote');
+		/* translators: dash */
+		$dash = _x('–', 'dash');
 
 		$default_no_texturize_tags = array('pre', 'code', 'kbd', 'style', 'script', 'tt');
 		$default_no_texturize_shortcodes = array('code');
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@
 		}
 
 		$static_characters = array_merge(array('---', ' -- ', '--', ' - ', 'xn–', '...', '``', '\'\'', ' (tm)'), $cockney);
-		$static_replacements = array_merge(array('—', ' — ', '–', ' – ', 'xn--', '…', $opening_quote, $closing_quote, ' ™'), $cockneyreplace);
+		$static_replacements = array_merge(array('—', ' — ', $dash, ' ' . $dash . ' ', 'xn--', '…', $opening_quote, $closing_quote, ' ™'), $cockneyreplace);
 
 		$dynamic_characters = array('/\'(\d\d(?:&#8217;|\')?s)/', '/\'(\d)/', '/(\s|\A|[([{<]|")\'/', '/(\d)"/', '/(\d)\'/', '/(\S)\'([^\'\s])/', '/(\s|\A|[([{<])"(?!\s)/', '/"(\s|\S|\Z)/', '/\'([\s.]|\Z)/', '/\b(\d+)x(\d+)\b/');
 		$dynamic_replacements = array('&#8217;$1','&#8217;$1', '$1&#8216;', '$1&#8243;', '$1&#8242;', '$1&#8217;$2', '$1' . $opening_quote . '$2', $closing_quote . '$1', '&#8217;$1', '$1&#215;$2');