How to use the .isalpha() function correctly

Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Date	2014-12-14 09:16 -0800
Message-ID	<3abc022a-2916-4bfb-b722-20037a646045@googlegroups.com> (permalink)
Subject	How to use the .isalpha() function correctly
From	Luke Tomaneng <luketomaneng@gmail.com>

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Here a very small program that I wrote for Codecademy. When I finished, Codecademy acted like it was correct, but testing of this code revealed otherwise.
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print 'Welcome to the Pig Latin Translator!'

# Start coding here!
raw_input("Enter a word:")
original = str(raw_input)
if len(original) > 0 and original.isalpha():
    print original
else:
    print "empty"
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No matter what I type in, the result is "empty." What do I need to do in order for it to accept words?

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How to use the .isalpha() function correctly Luke Tomaneng <luketomaneng@gmail.com> - 2014-12-14 09:16 -0800
  Re: How to use the .isalpha() function correctly Chris Warrick <kwpolska@gmail.com> - 2014-12-14 18:26 +0100
    Re: How to use the .isalpha() function correctly Luke Tomaneng <luketomaneng@gmail.com> - 2014-12-14 09:29 -0800

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