Home Folder can't accept files or folders starting with letters A through O

I've had my g4 powerbook for like 6 years. It has OSX 10.39, 800Mhz, 1GB RAM.
I only have 1 Home folder, my own, and I am the admin on the computer.
The most screwed up thing has happened lately. I can't add any new files or folders directly under Home IF they start with the letter A through O. Whenever I try to do this, it says "The Operation Could Not Be Completed. Unexpected Error Occurred (Error Code -51)."
For instance, while I was trying to figure out what was wrong, I moved the Movies and Music folders OUT of Home and now when I try to move them back again they won't go in. So now I can't use iTunes since every time I try to start it it says there must be a music folder under Home!
The other thing I have tried is renaming things in Terminal using the mv command but it doesn't work and it gives this error message: "Bad file descriptor"
What is wrong and how do I fix this because I am completely mystifiesd ... thanks for your help.

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