I have a friend who has a house on Okracoke and I've spent a bit of time there and never even heard this accent. Which may be a function of the fact that most o

I have a friend who has a house on Okracoke and I've spent a bit of time there and never even heard this accent. Which may be a function of the fact that most of the people on the island at any given time aren't from there, but I've met several who are. Maybe they just know how to turn it off?