My late mother started with diet soda when it had saccharin as the artificial sweetener...early 1980's. After that it was diet Pepsi. How I acquired a liking for diet soda.
I like me some MT Dew, but there is a knockoff that I think Save a Lot carries called MT Holler...it's better than Dew IMO
The map does not correctly represent NC. I moved from pop to soda. I’ve never heard anything but soda used in western Nc.
Up here I haven’t heard anyone under the age of about 85 refer to it as “pop”. It seems that the manufacturers themselves are staying out of the fray too. I don’t see anywhere on a bottle of Diet Pepsi mentioning either term.
No that’s 215 miles SE of me. Your friend is right at the edge of the Nantahala National Forest. Probably lot’s of treasure in dem der hills.