Keyboard keys showing different symbol to what I press

My keyboard isn't working properly, when I press the letter 'o' it shows the symbols 'oty' and when I press 'N' it brings up a new page of whatever I'm on. Also when I press 'L' it shows the copyright symbol followed by a dot and what looks the the letter 'L' floating on its side. Can someone please help with this? I'm just so confused and been trying all sorts of things for over two hours now.

Open system preferences, Universal Access, Keyboard tab and see if sticky Keys is on.
If it is, turn it off.
If this is not the source of the problem, try using a other keyboard to see if the problem is still present.
Also have a look in the Language & Text preference panel and check each tab to see if there is something wrong there. For example, is the selected language English? Is the Input source the correct one for you?

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