Pronunciation of s between 2 vowels
In Italian, how does the letter "s" in between two vowels pronounced?
For example in words like casa, scusi, etc; is the S pronounced more like English Z? Or is it differ depending on the region of Italy?

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Hi Steven, when the letter 's' appears between two vowels it can be  either "sorda" (deaf)- pronounced 's' or "sonora" (loud)- pronounced 'z', depending on the region the speaker comes from.

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Here are some audio dictionaries, they are always useful:

http://www.dizionario-italiano.it/
http://www.dizionario.rai.it/
http://www.dipionline.it/dizionario/
https://it.forvo.com/

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@Steven Halim: Generally speaking, yes.