I don't think my comment has much bearing on Selma's question regarding Richard Burton.
But just incidentally, P. P. Shirodkar, (there were two - the father was a freedom fighter and first Speaker of the Goa Assembly; the son was Director of Archives in Goa - but I could never figure out whether father or son actually made the following assertion) used to claim that he was originally from Serula, which he claimed was a corruption of Shiroda. The Serula Communidade, one of the largest, if not the largest in Goa comprises of Salvador-do-Mundo, Socorro and Porvorim. Augusto -- Augusto Pinto 40, Novo Portugal, Moira, Bardez, Goa, India E pinto...@gmail.com or ypinto...@yahoo.co.in P 0832-2470336 M 9881126350
