vowel = 'aeiouy' s = raw_input('s = ') for i in range(len(s)): if vowel.find(s[i]) >= 0: s = s.replace(s[i],'0') else: if s[i] <> '0': s = s.replace(s[i],'1') streak = 1 counter = 0 s += ' ' for i in range(1,len(s)): if s[i] == s[i-1]: streak += 1 else: counter +=(streak - 1) // 2 streak = 1 print counter