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Critics often confuse the discussion by arguing that GLM does not explain how an "algorithm" could crawl the web, much less automatically identify strings of characters that (a) were not strings of foreign languages; (b) were not typos; (c) were not scientific terms, evanescent slang, etc. and (d) had not appeared anywhere else before. The argument is specious insofar as GLM has never claimed to do any of the above.
The [[Global Language Monitor]] announced that the English language had crossed the 1,000,000-word threshold on June 10, 2009. <ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/06/10/million.words/index.html#cnnSTCOther1 'English gets millionth word on Wednesday, site says']</ref>. The announcement was met with skepticism by many linguists <ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/14/weekinreview/14shuessler.html?_r=1 Keeping it Real on Dictionary Row]</ref>, though globally, it was hailed by [[Simon Winchester]], among others as the coming of age of English as a "truly global language" <ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/5454273/1000000-words.html '1,000,000 words! As the one millionth word enters the English lexicon, the joys of our truly global language.']</ref>, <ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/world_news_america/8094381.stm ''Millionth English word' declared']}</ref>.
== Obama an English language word==
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