Prepoznavanje istinskog Bosanca, posebnog roda Homo sapiens-a, mitskog stvorenja, zbog opasnosti od takvih, se uči u čitavom svijetu.
Osnovne teze po kojima stranci prepoznaju Bosanca su:

-He begins most sentences with "jebiga"
-He can not explain what "bolan" means, but he use it all the time
-His mother insists that "promaha" will kill him
-Older people call children "sine", no matter are they girl or boy
-His mother tells him to wear "potkušulja" no matter what the temperature outside
-He tucks "potkušulja" into his pants
-His father refers to all politicans with "đubrad", "lopovi" and "kriminalci"
-His mother threatens him with"samo čekaj dok ti ćaća dođe kući"
-He is 6 and his father sends him out to buy "Drina" and "Sarajevsko"
-He starts day with a cup of coffee and a cigarette
-His mother won`t accept the fact that he is not hungry
-He have "pita" for dinner at least 4 day a week
-He have "sarma" for dinner the remaining 3 days
-His neighbour comes over every day uninvited for coffee
-His mother tells him not ti sit close to TV, and not to use cell phones, because he will get brain tumor
-His parents have "goblene" on their walls, and "heklanje" on every pice of their furniture, including the TV