Okay... After many hours, I think I fixed it. They integrate and everything. If you are using the reputation option, use a negative number for groans as I didn't want to search out the right $reputation - $reputation(blah blah) string. It was just easier to use a minus sign in the settings. I didn't change any of the phrases. You get what you get...
And yes, the author can take my fixes and improve upon them, anybody can use them and enjoy. Thanks/Groans integrate and act like pals on my site now. Man, there are a lot of groan/groans in that script and I had to use the right one in the right place...
BTW - Uninstall the previous version then install this one, for some reason overwriting causes one of the tables in the database to duplicate.