Just wanted to share a pure C++ 98 work around:
#include <map>
std::map<std::string, std::string> aka;
struct akaInit
{
akaInit()
{
aka[ "George" ] = "John";
aka[ "Joe" ] = "Al";
aka[ "Phil" ] = "Sue";
aka[ "Smitty" ] = "Yando";
}
} AkaInit;