Index: wp-includes/comment-template.php
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--- wp-includes/comment-template.php	(revision 31266)
+++ wp-includes/comment-template.php	(working copy)
@@ -1274,13 +1274,16 @@
 	global $wpcommentspopupfile, $wpcommentsjavascript;
 
 	$id = get_the_ID();
-
-	if ( false === $zero ) $zero = __( 'No Comments' );
-	if ( false === $one ) $one = __( '1 Comment' );
-	if ( false === $more ) $more = __( '% Comments' );
-	if ( false === $none ) $none = __( 'Comments Off' );
-
+	$span = '<span class="screen-reader-text">';
+	$title = get_the_title();
+	$span_close = '</span>';
+	
 	$number = get_comments_number( $id );
+	
+	if ( false === $zero ) $zero = sprintf( __( 'No Comments%1$s on %2$s%3$s' ), $span, $title, $span_close );
+	if ( false === $one ) $one = sprintf( __( '1 Comment%1$s on %2$s%3$s' ), $span, $title, $span_close );
+	if ( false === $more ) $more = sprintf( __( '%4$d Comments%1$s on %2$s%3$s' ), $span, $title, $span_close, $number );
+	if ( false === $none ) $none = sprintf( __( 'Comments Off%1$s on %2$s%3$s' ), $span, $title, $span_close );
 
 	if ( 0 == $number && !comments_open() && !pings_open() ) {
 		echo '<span' . ((!empty($css_class)) ? ' class="' . esc_attr( $css_class ) . '"' : '') . '>' . $none . '</span>';
@@ -1311,7 +1314,6 @@
 	if ( !empty( $css_class ) ) {
 		echo ' class="'.$css_class.'" ';
 	}
-	$title = the_title_attribute( array('echo' => 0 ) );
 
 	$attributes = '';
 	/**
@@ -1323,7 +1325,7 @@
 	 */
 	echo apply_filters( 'comments_popup_link_attributes', $attributes );
 
-	echo ' title="' . esc_attr( sprintf( __('Comment on %s'), $title ) ) . '">';
+	echo '>';
 	comments_number( $zero, $one, $more );
 	echo '</a>';
 }