# What's a dutchie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 22, 2001, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-dutchie/69711 "2001-06-22T00:14:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-dutchie/69711/1 "2001-06-22T00:14:45Z")
… as in Musical Youth’s “Pass the Dutchie on the Left Hand Side”. I can’t believe this hasn’t been asked and answered already, but I did a search. I swear! ---
**Author:** ![Bob\_Scene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Bob\_Scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Scene)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-dutchie/69711/2 "2001-06-22T00:28:57Z")
When that song was popular, some people said the dutchie was a dish of food and some said it was a bong. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-dutchie/69711/3 "2001-06-22T00:43:02Z")
Musical Youth did not write “Pass the Dutchie”, nor was that even the original title of the song. They were covering a well-known rhythm arranged by reggae band The Mighty Diamonds, from their album Changes, called “Pass the Kutchie.” A Kutchie is a Jamaican word for marijuana pipe. I don’t know what Dutchie means, unless it means “pass the profits from a great regggae band over to a bunch of punky, untalented and unoriginal kids put together by some marketing jerkwad” ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-dutchie/69711/4 "2001-06-22T12:51:11Z")
Where I’m from, a dutchie is a donut, sometimes called an apple fritter, which is odd, because it’s full of raisins. I’ve never heard it refer to anything else… and none of my pothead friends have heard of a bong being called a dutchie either. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-dutchie/69711/5 "2001-06-22T12:56:38Z")
When “Pass the Dutchie” first came out and the fact of it being a remake was made known, the kids in Musical Youth (or their dad, or whatever) claimed that “Dutchie” was a cooking pot in Jamaican dialect, vs. the Pot of the original… ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-dutchie/69711/6 "2001-06-22T13:49:59Z")
A heavy cooking pot with two handles and a tight lid is called a “dutch oven.” I believe that’s where “dutchie” comes from. ---
**Author:** ![etgaw1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ed655f/32.png) [@etgaw1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etgaw1)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-dutchie/69711/7 "2001-06-22T14:55:20Z")
A dutchie can also be someone from the coal regions of central Pennsylvania. Also know as Pennsylvania Dutch who are not even Dutch at all but German. ---
**Author:** ![Ivar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ivar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ivar)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-dutchie/69711/8 "2001-06-22T16:11:34Z")
My Jamaican friend in college said that, yes, it is a marijuana pipe. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-dutchie/69711/9 "2001-06-22T16:16:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dooku \* > \*\*Musical Youth did not write “Pass the Dutchie”, nor was that even the original title of the song. They were covering a well-known rhythm arranged by reggae band The Mighty Diamonds, from their album Changes, called “Pass the Kutchie.” A Kutchie is a Jamaican word for marijuana pipe. > > I don’t know what Dutchie means, unless it means “pass the profits from a great regggae band over to a bunch of punky, untalented and unoriginal kids put together by some marketing jerkwad” \*\* This is exactly right, as there were concerns to a blantant marijuana reference being sung by kids, so they changed the words to something close, but it is essentially nonsense. ---
**Author:** ![Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knighted_Vorpal_Sword)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-dutchie/69711/10 "2001-06-22T17:56:02Z")
For some reason we were discussing this song in my walking group the other day. The damn song is still echoing around in my head, which makes it one lonely thought. ---
**Author:** ![dopetalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@dopetalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dopetalker)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2001, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-dutchie/69711/11 "2001-06-23T02:38:13Z")
It’s the next step in a romantic relationship after a French kiss. ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2001, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-dutchie/69711/12 "2001-06-23T03:58:01Z")
The territory ruled by a Dutch Duke? ---
**Author:** ![Chum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ab097/32.png) [@Chum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chum)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2001, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-dutchie/69711/13 "2001-06-23T21:05:50Z")
In that song they say, many times, “How does it feel when ya got no food?” I think dutchie must mean something food-related. Dutch oven seems to make sense. ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2001, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-dutchie/69711/14 "2001-06-23T21:17:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Greg Charles \* > \*\*I can’t believe this hasn’t been asked and answered already, but I did a search. I swear! \*\* I answered it yonks ago! [Here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=16860&pagenumber=2) ---
**Author:** ![Stupendous\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Stupendous\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stupendous_man)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2001, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-dutchie/69711/15 "2001-06-23T22:27:02Z")
UP here in Canada, we call a particular kind of donut a dutchie. Basically, it’s a brick-shaped donut that is glased overtop, and has raisins in it. _Gag_ Raisins… Damned Cancerous grapes that they are… ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2001, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-dutchie/69711/16 "2001-06-23T22:59:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dopetalker \* > \*\*It’s the next step in a romantic relationship after a French kiss. \*\* Well, I might be there before too long, so pray tell: What is the next step? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2001, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-dutchie/69711/17 "2001-06-24T00:22:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ruadh \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Greg Charles \* > > \*\*I can’t believe this hasn’t been asked and answered already, but I did a search. I swear! \*\* > > I answered it yonks ago! [Here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=16860&pagenumber=2) \*\* So you did … I guess I didn’t search MPSIMS. Now, what does “yonks” mean? ---
**Author:** ![Marvel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marvel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvel)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2001, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-dutchie/69711/18 "2001-06-24T04:33:56Z")
I always thought a “dutchie” was the British version of a “doobie.” Pass the Whatever, Patty ---
**Author:** ![Mousseduck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@Mousseduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mousseduck)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2001, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-dutchie/69711/19 "2001-06-24T14:02:50Z")
A ‘dutchie’ is when you smoke dope in an enclosed area, so you get stoned not only by smoking, but by breathing. The term comes from dutch oven. I don’t think that’s what the song is refering to, though.