> Believe it or not, I actually *like* the taste of Diet Coke, and now prefer it to regular Coke. I also like Diet Sprite much better than regular Sprite. In fact, I find it hard to drink the regular versions of those two drinks now, because I find them too sicky-sweet.

Hmm. I don't drink much soda, so I can be reasonably objective... I don't find that "diet" sodas taste *worse* than "Regular" sodas in most cases, they merely fail to taste anything like the original. Therefore, devotees (I'm too lazy to put the accent in; sorry) of the original beverages will likely find diet versions objectionable simply because they taste almost, but not quite, completely unlike the regular version.

That being said, I don't generally have a preference one way or the other, with one exception. I tried diet 7-Up at one point last year (quite by accident), and I find that I like it much more than regular 7-Up. Of course, all that becomes moot when one considers that the Wegman's store brand (Wup) is far superior to both of them. ;-}