04:45 Jul 27, 2011 

Carlis,

Those are some very good examples. I hardly use that abbreviated form of pinyin myself, but it's easy to see how a typo could happen that way. Thanks for your insights!

04:33 Jul 27, 2011 

Most of these cases occur when the user types in a sequence of consonants only to pop out a very common phrase embedded in the input system (in this case, the Pinyin input method.)
For example, when typing 数据量的扩大 (the expansion of data volume), one may type:
sjl de kuoda,
where sjl stands for shujuliang and the input method could "predict" what the user actually wants: 数据量, 三角恋, 守纪律, etc. (lol)

However, a mishit from s to x, considering their adjacent positions, would confuse the input system and result in an odd Chinese name.

That's my guess of the whole picture. Thanks for reading...

04:24 Jul 27, 2011 

Thanks, Shirley. Do you think this because of similar pronunciation, or perhaps an input system that could cause this kind of entry typo, or something else?

04:10 Jul 27, 2011 

I think 徐菊量 may be a typo of 儲存量.