Why is my Air Mac keyboard typing extra characters?

Why is my MacBook Air kayboard adding extra characters as I type? It looks like this:
W@hy6 i8s my6 MacBo9o9k Ai8r4 ke3y6bo9ar4d addi8ng e3xt5r4a char4act5e3r4s as I* t5y6pe3?

Start up in Safe Mode.
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11212
If this does not help, you have to take the computer to the Apple store to have it
checked out.

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Excuse me....... "Seventy One".......
Are you responding to individuals to offer suggestions on how they may fix a problem?
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Are you, on line, sitting in judgement on individuals hygine?
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Please continue with the thread because others may learn from what you did....

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