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A hot novax summer

The influence of sport and Covid on Australian language
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April 2022, no. 441
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A hot novax summer

The influence of sport and Covid on Australian language
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April 2022, no. 441
Novak Djokovic in a face mask during the ATP Finals in London (photograph by John Walton/Alamy)
Novak Djokovic in a face mask during the ATP Finals in London (photograph by John Walton/Alamy)

The Australian summer was once again a story of Covid. Just as things were slowly reaching a state of ‘Covid-normal’, Omicron came along to present us with new, decidedly unwelcome, challenges. Despite Omicron, our summer did not pass by without one of its most defining features: sport. Many events went ahead as planned, not least the Australian Open tennis tournament.

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Amanda Laugesen

Amanda Laugesen is a historian and lexicographer. She is currently the director of the Australian National Dictionary Centre (ANU) and Chief Editor of The Australian National Dictionary. Amanda has published widely in areas such as the social and cultural history of war, book history, and the history of Australian English.

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