I solved it myself. For anyone else having trouble with this problem, the text for the MORE: is located in… *drums* ROOT/modules/mod_janews/tmpl/blog_item.php line 62:
echo "<strong class="jazin-more">MORE:</strong>n";
Utter madness… The JA templates look fine but when you have a little thing to change you have to work hours to find the right file hidden under a rock in a basement filled with water and a sign on the door that says “beware of the leopard”. Why would you put variables like that away in shady files?
This is my last template I am going to use from JA, not gonna update my subscription and move to other providers. Feedback on problems from the admins is nihil and I really cannot spend hours to solve a little problem while a different template only costs a fraction of the time I spend searching.
JA really should get its support in order and then I’ll talk again. Shame because they have really nice templates… kinda like a Porsche without a garage or fuel station…