[jwbensley]

"How do you refer to your mother?"

I say "mother", why is that not in the list of predefined answers!?!

"Which of these words (if any) would you use for a baby?"

Baby. I say "baby" to describe a baby. How is this also not in the list of common answers!

I say many words for many things, e.g. I also say "sprog" for baby which was one of the predefined answers. What I can't understand is why these predefined answer sets don't contain the question word, do people really use (for example) "baby" less frequently than "sprog" to refer to a baby so it wasn't listed? Seems unlikely to me.

[kirubakaran]

I think that's because those answers don't do anything to place you on the map. If you use "baby" to describe a baby, you could be from anywhere. So it's not a useful choice for this test.

[empath75]

Because they want to know what dialect you speak so it’s sort of pointless to ask about words everyone uses.

[jwbensley]

But "baby" (in this example) is the most common word I use. That is data too. Perhaps there is a part of the country were "baby" is more commonly used than anywhere else. Perhaps there is a part of the country where only "baby" is used. Maybe there is somewhere were its scarcely used.

Admitedtly I don't have their data set but I do see it as valid data/an answer. For example, they may have found that in one part of the country (because you can submit your location at the end) everyone uses "baby" and "sprog" and no others and that combination is unique to that area.

[oliwarner]

The "if any" questions mean just that. If you're not there, move on.