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I inferred it was an eggcorn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn for "ether" and the speaker misspoke.
Yes, that's what I meant by in error. I wondered if it could be intentional.
A phrase of a similar ilk that I often use on purpose:
"We'll burn that bridge when we come to it."
Bradley M. Kuhn at 2015-01-24T18:08:42Z
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BTW, I'm familiar with the phrase "eggcorn", but every time I hear it, it sounds like something delicious that I'd like to eat. Can someone invent a dish with eggs and corn in it that we can call eggcorn?