title: Checking multiple values for a variable
body: <pre><code>original = raw_input('Enter a word:')
  
  if len(original) &gt; 0 and original.isalpha():
      word = original.lower()
      first = str(word)[0]
      print first
      if str(first) == "a" or "e" or "i" or "u" or "o":
          print "vowel"
  else:
      print "consonant"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I want to check if a word starts with a vowel or consonant. However, this part does not work: if <code>str(first) == "a" or "e" or "i" or "u" or "o"</code></p>
  
  <p>So how would you check if the first letter is either "a" or "e" or "i" or "u" or "o"?</p>