Index: modules/forum/forum.module
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/forum/forum.module,v
retrieving revision 1.448
diff -u -r1.448 forum.module
--- modules/forum/forum.module	30 Jan 2008 15:35:47 -0000	1.448
+++ modules/forum/forum.module	31 Jan 2008 12:51:23 -0000
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@
     // Make the vocabulary required for 'real' forum-nodes.
     $vid = variable_get('forum_nav_vocabulary', '');
     $form['taxonomy'][$vid]['#required'] = TRUE;
-    $form['taxonomy'][$vid]['#options'][''] = t('- Please choose -');
+    $form['taxonomy'][$vid]['#options'][''] = '<'. t('Please choose') .'>';
   }
 }
 
Index: modules/forum/forum.admin.inc
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/forum/forum.admin.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.8
diff -u -r1.8 forum.admin.inc
--- modules/forum/forum.admin.inc	30 Jan 2008 10:14:42 -0000	1.8
+++ modules/forum/forum.admin.inc	31 Jan 2008 12:51:22 -0000
@@ -278,8 +278,8 @@
   if ($tree) {
     foreach ($tree as $term) {
       if (!in_array($term->tid, $exclude)) {
-        $options[$term->tid] = str_repeat(' -- ', $term->depth) . $term->name;
-      }
+        $options[$term->tid] = str_repeat('--', $term->depth) .' '. $term->name;
+      } 
     }
   }
   if ($child_type == 'container') {
Index: modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module,v
retrieving revision 1.414
diff -u -r1.414 taxonomy.module
--- modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module	27 Jan 2008 17:55:15 -0000	1.414
+++ modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module	31 Jan 2008 12:51:24 -0000
@@ -414,11 +414,11 @@
   $vocabulary = taxonomy_vocabulary_load($vid);
   $help = ($help) ? $help : $vocabulary->help;
 
-  if (!$vocabulary->multiple) {
-    $blank = ($vocabulary->required) ? t('- Please choose -') : t('- None selected -');
+  if ($vocabulary->multiple) {
+    $blank = ($vocabulary->required) ? 0 : '<'. t('none') .'>';
   }
   else {
-    $blank = ($vocabulary->required) ? 0 : t('- None -');
+    $blank = ($vocabulary->required) ? '<'. t('Please choose') .'>' : '<'. t('none') .'>';
   }
 
   return _taxonomy_term_select(check_plain($vocabulary->name), $name, $value, $vid, $help, intval($vocabulary->multiple), $blank);
@@ -427,16 +427,18 @@
 /**
  * Generate a set of options for selecting a term from all vocabularies.
  */
-function taxonomy_form_all($free_tags = 0) {
+function taxonomy_form_all($free_tags = FALSE) {
   $vocabularies = taxonomy_get_vocabularies();
   $options = array();
   foreach ($vocabularies as $vid => $vocabulary) {
-    if ($vocabulary->tags && !$free_tags) { continue; }
+    if ($vocabulary->tags && !$free_tags) {
+      continue;
+    }
     $tree = taxonomy_get_tree($vid);
     if ($tree && (count($tree) > 0)) {
       $options[$vocabulary->name] = array();
       foreach ($tree as $term) {
-        $options[$vocabulary->name][$term->tid] = str_repeat('-', $term->depth) . $term->name;
+        $options[$vocabulary->name][$term->tid] = str_repeat('--', $term->depth) .' '. $term->name;
       }
     }
   }
@@ -1025,7 +1027,7 @@
     foreach ($tree as $term) {
       if (!in_array($term->tid, $exclude)) {
         $choice = new stdClass();
-        $choice->option = array($term->tid => str_repeat('-', $term->depth) . $term->name);
+        $choice->option = array($term->tid => str_repeat('--', $term->depth) .' '. $term->name);
         $options[] = $choice;
       }
     }
Index: modules/contact/contact.pages.inc
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/contact/contact.pages.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -u -r1.6 contact.pages.inc
--- modules/contact/contact.pages.inc	16 Jan 2008 22:56:21 -0000	1.6
+++ modules/contact/contact.pages.inc	31 Jan 2008 12:51:21 -0000
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
       // If there is more than one category available and no default category has been selected,
       // prepend a default placeholder value.
       if (!isset($default_category)) {
-        $default_category = t('- Please choose -');
+        $default_category = '<'. t('Please choose') .'>';
         $categories = array($default_category) + $categories;
       }
       $form['cid'] = array('#type' => 'select',
Index: modules/poll/poll.module
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/poll/poll.module,v
retrieving revision 1.263
diff -u -r1.263 poll.module
--- modules/poll/poll.module	15 Jan 2008 07:57:46 -0000	1.263
+++ modules/poll/poll.module	31 Jan 2008 12:51:23 -0000
@@ -247,8 +247,12 @@
   );
 
   // Poll attributes
-  $_duration = array(0 => t('Unlimited')) + drupal_map_assoc(array(86400, 172800, 345600, 604800, 1209600, 2419200, 4838400, 9676800, 31536000), "format_interval");
-  $_active = array(0 => t('Closed'), 1 => t('Active'));
+  $_duration = array(0 => '<'. t('Unlimited') .'>');
+  $_duration += drupal_map_assoc(array(86400, 172800, 345600, 604800, 1209600, 2419200, 4838400, 9676800, 31536000), "format_interval");
+  $_active = array(
+    0 => t('Closed'),
+    1 => t('Active'),
+  );
 
   if ($admin) {
     $form['settings'] = array(