diff --git a/runtime/menu.vim b/runtime/menu.vim
index 756d469..11d80b7 100644
--- a/runtime/menu.vim
+++ b/runtime/menu.vim
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 " You can also use this as a start for your own set of menus.
 "
 " Maintainer:	Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
-" Last Change:	2019 Jan 27
+" Last Change:	2019 Sep 26
 
 " Note that ":an" (short for ":anoremenu") is often used to make a menu work
 " in all modes and avoid side effects from mappings defined by the user.
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@
     let s:lang = v:lang
   endif
   " A language name must be at least two characters, don't accept "C"
-  if strlen(s:lang) > 1
+  " Also skip "en_US" to avoid picking up "en_gb" translations.
+  if strlen(s:lang) > 1 && s:lang !~? '^en_us'
     " When the language does not include the charset add 'encoding'
     if s:lang =~ '^\a\a$\|^\a\a_\a\a$'
       let s:lang = s:lang . '.' . &enc