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Just like i speak Australian
Except for folks from Texas who speak "Murkin".
They speak "American English", which is a dialect of English - people from England, Australia, or another English speaking country will still understand you, there may just be some misinterpretations.
The difference between British and American English is incredibly small compared to dialect differences in other languages.
People from Mexico and people from Spain both speak Spanish, but if you were in Mexico you would hear "gracias" and in Spain, "grathias". There are differences in spelling and pronunciation, and different words to mean the same things but they still speak the same language. It's the same in this case
enus is still english, just with the US dialect.
engb and enus are closer than a lot of language dialect pairs. Still the same language.
A lot of Americans don't even speak that very well.
Although there is a vast and swiftly growing chasm between the English spoken in America and that spoken elsewhere, it is still technically English. And, until someone writes an American <-> English dictionary, it will probably remain that way.
P.S: Chances are someone has actually already written such a dictionary, but most likely it's a spoof one so it wouldn't count.