So - have you been told that you have an accent?

I've been told that I have a "lack" of an accent, apparently. Everyone expects me to speak Hawaiian-Pidgin and say "braddah" and shit all the time. I grew up learning perfect English in school so I don't really speak Pidgin outside of my own home if I can help it. If anything, it's your standard "mainland" English + common local loan words from other languages like Japanese or Filipino. I totally know I have a Pidgin accent when I speak to my parents, I just snuff it whenever I'm elsewhere. And I look local, so whenever I go out somewhere like the post office, the person at the desk always hears me speak and exclaims "wow, you're so well-spoken! Are you from here??" and I get a typical NO WAI response when I inform them that I was born and raised here. Funny to see people respond that way, if not embarrassing.

When I talk to people from the internet on the phone, they're disappointed that I have no accent. Then they ask me to say something in Pidgin, and I feel weird saying it and then it comes out weird, because I feel like I'm just forcing myself to do it. Just an odd thing with me. The same thing happens if they ask me to say some crazy combo of swear words. Just won't happen if I have to do it on cue.

Jam it back in, in the dark.