ham204 wrote on 08/12/17 at 22:50:01:
Yes, an early ...e5 would seem to do the trick and if White does not play d4 immediatley, then ...c5 would turn it into a reverse Botvinnik English after ...g6
2...e5 does not do the trick for me. It's exactly the move White wants to see!
Most of the times I've had 1.e4 d6 2.c4 played against me, the White players were fans of the Botvinnik English (with pawns on c4 and e4 with g3/Bg2) and were trying to trick me into that - following Kosten's Dynamic English or Marin's 3-volume GM Repertoire. Both authors recommend going for the Botvinnik setup only when Black has committed to ...e5, but not against the Symmetrical English (...c5), where it's thought to be less testing.
Granted, there's a chance of getting a "Double Botvinnik" with both players setting up the same pawn structure (c5-d6-e5), but I'm unsure how to assess that. Probably it's objectively fine for Black, but it's a bit too closed for my taste, and nothing at all like the Pirc.
Frankly, 2.c4 is an annoying little move, and it doesn't help that virtually all authors of books on the Pirc ignore it completely!