Itunes 9.2 keeps changing my genre to Pranks

ANy new music I add to iTunes appears with its original genre. If I try to change the genre to something that starts with a number then it changes to pranks or ska after i hit enter
It only happens if I change the genre to something starting with a number.
If I change it to Tech House its fine. If I change it to 23 Tech House then it changes to pranks!!
I have my DJ genres starting with a number so they stay together in the genre list
ANy ideas ?

I can confirm this happens on iTunes 9.2
I try to browse by genre with a column browser on Top, go to a genre like '80's Groove' double click a track, it dissapears (starts playing though). Turns out its genre is no longer the same, but it is changed to Folk!!!
Looks like a Bug...!
You can even click CMD+I on a track - before playing it - and see its genre is changed already, as soon as it is accessed
Screenshot: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2194922/Screen%20shot%202010-06-21%20at%209.00.18%20%CF% 80.%CE%BC..png
I can confirm this works, as far as I can see, only with Genres beginning with numericals. Other weird genres I have in my Library didn't get affected.
Furthermore debugging…. and now it gets interesting…
Setting a Genre with a number automatically changes the Genre like this:
"10s" or 10 or "10 silly questions"-> New Age
20... -> Alternative
30 -> Fusion
40 -> AlternRock
50 -> Darkwave
60 -> Top 40
70 -> Trailer
80 ->Folk
90 ->Avantgarde
100 ->Humor
00 -> Blues
5 -> Funk
etc…
Well… is this a bug? Is it intentional? I don't see why I can't name a Genre however I like….

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