They won't until the TLK file is loaded.
P.S. I love SnowCrash.
It is a great book!
As for the .tlk files and the updating of modules: No, I had not done that, don't ask me why, I'm not sure. I guess I just blacked out and skipped over those steps? Regardless, I've investigated that avenue as well, having gotten a copy (several, actually, as you'll see) of Neveredit and attempting to fix those .mod files so they'd work.
However, the latest version(s) of Neveredit (0.8 and beyond) are unable to completely open themselves on my computer (I'm not sure why) and the prior versions (which do work) are unable to add custom .tlk files.
So, I'm in a strange bind. As I mentioned, I don't know why the 0.8 editions don't work, especially while the older ones do, but as the developer seems to have stopped developing it, I don't think this issue will get resolved anytime soon.
I do have a question, however, about needing to fix the OC files:
Will editing all the .mod files do this? None of them have names relating to the OC as far as I can tell ("To Heir is Human" for instance) and I'm not sure if there are some specific files I need to edit to change the OC.
Thanks for everyone's help so far!