Found it: Just a text bug. I was referencing the wrong set of texts in combat for your own deaths. It should be fixed now.
I'm even going ahead and taking the opportunity to add a variety of more graphic death texts to the game, at many user's requests (didn't know people were so keen on that sort of thing!
), but I guess it fits in with the mood, and since Shrapnel doesn't participate in the Ratings system, it's easier to get away with.