Wouldn't work. Most Americans think the "centi-" prefix means 100x, as in "centi-millionaire".
No we don't.
We use centimeter etc. all the bleeping time.
Where do these weird perceptions of Americans come from?
The cyclopses (cyclopii?) in Krull traded an eye for the ability to see the future, but they were tricked. They could only see their own death.
Metric system devotees traded the ability to divide lengths and measures by 3 for the ability to be annoying on the internet. But they were tricked, we can multiply by 10 just as well as they can.