"or eiher"?

[sagehen]

Jimmy Carter, speaking  on Morning Edition about the likelihood of success
of certain peace proposals betw/ Palestinians & Israel,  "if [condition A].
or either [condition  B] ".  This was in fluent, unhesitating speech & made
me wonder if it's a dialectal usage.  It feels familiar, but not in my
idiolect.
AM

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