Compound words that can be split multiple ways

Factual Questions
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I’ve thought about this ever since I was a little kid and that cartoon Talespin aired. I found it interesting that it could be split between two pairs of letters to form two words: tale-spin and tales-pin. I’m sure the latter pair was unintended, but it’s still kind of interesting. Just a few minutes ago, I read another one (that isn’t a name): groundswell. It can be spilt ground-swell and grounds-well. What are some other examples of this? The split words have to be at least two letters long, no a-pathetic.

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Mangetout = mange tout or man get out

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[QUOTE=Mangetout]
Mangetout = mange tout or man get out
[/QUOTE]

Or magnet out, right?
Lets see…words that actually apply to the OP…
backslash = back slash or backs lash
chopstick = chop stick or chops tick
doeskin = doe skin or does kin
forego = fore go or for ego

There are more, I’m sure. I just scanned the first bit of a list of compound words to find these. Then, I got bored. Sorry. My favorite was probably hotshot (hot shot or hots hot). Words with s in the middle seem to be the easiest to break up in multiple ways.

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[QUOTE=MissMossie]
Or magnet out, right?
[/QUOTE]
Well, that would be an anagram

5

Along similar lines, if you were to cast a magic spell on a doorway, you would entrance and entrance.

6

Some coworkers can be real cow orkers.

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I think a really good example is that pain-staking <> pains-taking. Most people tend towards the former while the latter is correct.

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man-slaughter /= mans-laughter

This one is interesting because the ‘gh’ in the second word is pronounced in one version and not in the other.

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Sun space
Suns pace

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[QUOTE=Sunspace]
man-slaughter /= mans-laughter

This one is interesting because the ‘gh’ in the second word is pronounced in one version and not in the other.
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That is interesting. It takes this to a whole other level.

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This doesn’t quite fit the criteria of the OP, but it’s interesting and somewhat related.

Most people break helicopter into heli- and -copter, but the Greek words from which it derives are heliko – spiral – and pteron – wing.

Cool, huh?