What is an example of a “clean” redivider?

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Most redividers are vulgar or rude in some way, for example

therapist -> the rapist
pen island -> penis land
an album cover -> anal bum cover

I am looking for a "clean" example of this, no references to genitals, indecencies, etc.
The closest I've found is

In every ode linger many -> I never yodel in Germany

I'm looking for an example to use in a programming course to emphasize the importance of spacing. The course is taught to middle-schoolers at an institution where I would not be able to make references like this. So I'm looking for something that kids would understand and is clean enough to not offend any parents.
I'm not the biggest fan of "In every ode linger many", since it's a nonsense phrase. If one interpretation is obviously superior to the other, I think it will make it harder to see that spacing really matters.

Richard Kayser · Accepted Answer

How about hotdog --> hot dog? Clean; understandable, even for middle schoolers; non-offensive; and short. Note that redivider is a palindrome.

Maggie · Answer

just + ice
quest + ion
arc +  her
pass + age
friend + ship
imp + art

I have just spent an hour and a half finding three pages of them for my Year 5 11+ group!!

Peter Shor · Answer

star training -> start raining
first ripe -> fir stripe

Rosie F · Answer

This one goes back to the 19th century:
Am I able to get her ~ Amiable together
Some time in the 1990s I read of when someone converted some code from one language to another, using an app. The first language allowed upper and lower case letters and _ in names, Like_This, but the second language didn't, so the app removed the underscores and made each name a solid run of lower-case letters. One of the names was live_RSA_usage.

What is an example of a “clean” redivider?

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