The Broons has been running in "The Sunday Post" newspaper for over 60 years now.

Maw, Paw, Hen, Joe, Daphne, Maggie, Horace, The Twins, and the Bairn, not to mention Granpa all live at 10 Glebe St in an unnamed Scottish town.

Originally drawn by Dudley D Watkins for about 30 years until he died, the paper reran his strips for a number of years. after which a number of other artists took over.

As to whether any children actually spoke/speak like that , I suppose that it started as an attempt to portray a young child's efforts at language, but as the Bairn is now pushing 70, it gets a bit wearing...

I was in a comic/book shop in Glasgow and a very well-spoken wumman came in asking if they had any "Browns" books. Took me and the proprietor about 15 minutes to work out that she was looking for Broons books but wouldn't say Broons because that would be "common"....

The companion strip is "Oor Wullie". A perpetually 11 year-old tousle-haired laddie.