Index: wp-includes/comment-template.php
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--- wp-includes/comment-template.php	(revision 27276)
+++ wp-includes/comment-template.php	(working copy)
@@ -2007,6 +2007,7 @@
  *                                        Default 'You may use these HTML tags and attributes ...'.
  *     @type string $id_form              The comment form element id attribute. Default 'commentform'.
  *     @type string $id_submit            The comment submit element id attribute. Default 'submit'.
+ *     @type string $name_attr            The comment submit element name attribute. Default 'submit'.
  *     @type string $title_reply          The translatable 'reply' button label. Default 'Leave a Reply'.
  *     @type string $title_reply_to       The translatable 'reply-to' button label. Default 'Leave a Reply to %s',
  *                                        where %s is the author of the comment being replied to.
@@ -2061,6 +2062,7 @@
 		'comment_notes_after'  => '<p class="form-allowed-tags">' . sprintf( __( 'You may use these <abbr title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</abbr> tags and attributes: %s' ), ' <code>' . allowed_tags() . '</code>' ) . '</p>',
 		'id_form'              => 'commentform',
 		'id_submit'            => 'submit',
+		'name_attr'            => 'submit',
 		'title_reply'          => __( 'Leave a Reply' ),
 		'title_reply_to'       => __( 'Leave a Reply to %s' ),
 		'cancel_reply_link'    => __( 'Cancel reply' ),
@@ -2181,7 +2183,7 @@
 						?>
 						<?php echo $args['comment_notes_after']; ?>
 						<p class="form-submit">
-							<input name="submit" type="submit" id="<?php echo esc_attr( $args['id_submit'] ); ?>" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $args['label_submit'] ); ?>" />
+							<input name="<?php echo esc_attr( $args['name_attr'] ); ?>" type="submit" id="<?php echo esc_attr( $args['id_submit'] ); ?>" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $args['label_submit'] ); ?>" />
 							<?php comment_id_fields( $post_id ); ?>
 						</p>
 						<?php