I think that it is a bad idea because these measurements are not duodecimal by accident. They are quantities and notions that we use every day, extremely frequ

I think that it is a bad idea because these measurements are not duodecimal by accident. They are quantities and notions that we use every day, extremely frequently, and the mathematical properties of duodecimal bases versus decimal are useful in this context. I think this is why these things kinda evolve towards different bases.