Index: wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/content-gallery.php
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--- wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/content-gallery.php	(revision 18581)
+++ wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/content-gallery.php	(working copy)
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 		<?php if ( $show_sep ) : ?>
 		<span class="sep"> | </span>
 		<?php endif; // End if $show_sep ?>
-		<span class="comments-link"><?php comments_popup_link( '<span class="leave-reply">' . __( 'Leave a Reply', 'twentyeleven' ) . '</span>', __( '<b>1</b> Reply', 'twentyeleven' ), __( '<b>%</b> Replies', 'twentyeleven' ) ); ?></span>
+		<span class="comments-link"><?php comments_popup_link( '<span class="leave-reply">' . __( 'Leave a reply', 'twentyeleven' ) . '</span>', __( '<b>1</b> Reply', 'twentyeleven' ), __( '<b>%</b> Replies', 'twentyeleven' ) ); ?></span>
 		<?php endif; // End if comments_open() ?>
 
 		<?php edit_post_link( __( 'Edit', 'twentyeleven' ), '<span class="edit-link">', '</span>' ); ?>
Index: wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/image.php
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--- wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/image.php	(revision 18581)
+++ wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/image.php	(working copy)
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 
 			<nav id="nav-single">
 				<h3 class="assistive-text"><?php _e( 'Image navigation', 'twentyeleven' ); ?></h3>
-				<span class="nav-previous"><?php previous_image_link( false, __( '&larr; Previous' , 'twentyeleven' ) ); ?></span>
-				<span class="nav-next"><?php next_image_link( false, __( 'Next &rarr;' , 'twentyeleven' ) ); ?></span>
+				<span class="nav-previous"><?php previous_image_link( false, __( '<span class="meta-nav">&larr;</span> Previous' , 'twentyeleven' ) ); ?></span>
+				<span class="nav-next"><?php next_image_link( false, __( 'Next <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span>' , 'twentyeleven' ) ); ?></span>
 			</nav><!-- #nav-single -->
 
 				<article id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class(); ?>>
Index: wp-includes/post-template.php
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--- wp-includes/post-template.php	(revision 18581)
+++ wp-includes/post-template.php	(working copy)
@@ -1161,7 +1161,7 @@
 	$post_title = esc_attr($_post->post_title);
 
 	if ( $text ) {
-		$link_text = esc_attr($text);
+		$link_text = $text;
 	} elseif ( ( is_int($size) && $size != 0 ) or ( is_string($size) && $size != 'none' ) or $size != false ) {
 		$link_text = wp_get_attachment_image($id, $size, $icon);
 	} else {