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It's interesting that the Americans are talking about changing terms such as tackle=down, try=touchdown, etc etc - and i saw a really bad american movie about Union last night and they have renamed hooker to simply hook.
The obvious answer is to make it easier for Americans to relate to by emphasizing the similarities to the football they already know. For myself, having grown up watching that game, try is a silly word to me so I always use touchdown. It's a genuine touchdown too since the ball has to be touched down, not just taken to the goal line.
A try is hystorical in that in the old days a Try only gave you a 'try' at goal, not points. It then was changed that a try gave you 3 points and that has been changed since. Its why you have conversions. The conversion is actually what used to be important.
