Did you know that "to see the elephant" was American slang in the 1830s? It meant to be experienced, worldly-wise, to have LIVED. #Elephacts

If that feels familiar to #Discworld fans, it should. In Witches Abroad (one of my favourites), Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick, after all the fuss and fun of travel, went home to Lancre - "But they went the long way, and saw the elephant."