1st time Mac owner - keyboard question

Hi
I love my sweet lil Macbook Air 11" -
and while I am very new to Mac and still learning I am impressed thus far.
So I have this query about my keyboard; its just that the letter 'R' makes a sound - whereas all the other keys are soft, its like the 'R' makes a louder clicking/sticking kind of sound (which is somewhat annoying) particularly seeing as its somewhat erratic (sometimes its quiet like the other keys and then other times its like it is catching against something that makes this noise).
I took it into the Apple store and the assistant said I could book it in and after a week the technical team would come and pick it up and then I would be without it for 2 weeks plus some which doesn't suit me at all.
Its not as if the key doesn't work or anything, but its just this erratic and annoying sound...
Has anyone ever experienced this problem and is there a way to fix it without casting it into the lot of the technical team.
Any thoughts please?

Thank you, that sounds plausible to me. I shall give it a try and see if that fixes it

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