Angle quotes (a.k.a. guillemets) are often used as arrows in pagination and such. For example, this image is from a pagination example on Bootstrap's site:

As a native U.S. English speaker, these symbols look to me like nifty arrows, but in many countries they serve as quotation marks. Should they be avoided for that reason?

More specifically, I'm interested in whether native speakers of languages which use angle quotes as quotation marks will perceive their use as arrows, like in the above example, as strange or inappropriate. Therefore I'm particularly interested in responses from speakers of those languages.

Angle quotes (a.k.a. guillemets) are often used as arrows in pagination and such. For example, this image is from a pagination example on Bootstrap's site:

As a native U.S. English speaker, these symbols look to me like nifty arrows and nothing else, but in many countries they serve as quotation marks. Should they be avoided for that reason?

More specifically, I'm interested in whether native speakers of languages which use angle quotes as quotation marks will perceive their use as arrows, like in the above example, as strange or inappropriate to any degree. Therefore I'm particularly interested in responses from speakers of those languages.

It's relatively common for angle quotes (a.k.a. Guillemets) to be used as arrows in pagination and such. For example, this image is from a pagination example on Bootstrap's site:

As a native U.S. English speaker, these symbols look to me like nifty arrows, but in many countries these symbols serve as quotation marks. Should they be avoided for that reason?

More specifically, I'm interested in whether native speakers of languages which use these symbols as quotation marks will perceive their use as arrows, like in the above example, as strange or inappropriate. Therefore I'm particularly interested in responses from speakers of those languages.

Angle quotes (a.k.a. guillemets) are often used as arrows in pagination and such. For example, this image is from a pagination example on Bootstrap's site:

As a native U.S. English speaker, these symbols look to me like nifty arrows, but in many countries they serve as quotation marks. Should they be avoided for that reason?

More specifically, I'm interested in whether native speakers of languages which use angle quotes as quotation marks will perceive their use as arrows, like in the above example, as strange or inappropriate. Therefore I'm particularly interested in responses from speakers of those languages.