a) Does this mean that you're really going to make a cool little die that
has
all the names on the die?
Yes.
b) will there be a blurb in the online "longer rules" that says you can use a regular die, and showing which number stands for which action?
Yes.
c) am I just too anal-retentive about this, knowing that I'd use the one-spot for Tip (the first one listed on the package), two-spot for Swap, etc., because I have more intelligence than a brick and can figure things like that out myself?
I prefer to call people like us "detail-oriented."